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SWBTATTReg

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11. Perhaps state actors are involved in this effort. What motive would an ordinary hacker have in ...

Tue May 11, 2021, 06:00 PM

May 2021

doing this, shutting down the pipeline? To prove that they can? I think that they are probably measures in place to deal legislatively w/ the interference of the operation of a pipeline on the books (either federal law or state law depending upon the various state players involved w/ this particular hack. Depending upon the nature of the pipeline software (would it record an entity that tried to overwrite commands/etc., or initiate shut down commands or what), would they ever be able to track such nefarious entities down and punish them?

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We will probably never know but I suspect [View all] doc03 May 2021 OP

93 octane has bn $4/gal here for 1 month SheltieLover May 2021 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author malaise May 2021 #2

Don't rule it out malaise May 2021 #3

Like Malcom Nance says nothing goes on doc03 May 2021 #5

If you count Russia as MAGA, then yes. zaj May 2021 #4

Well Putin did help The Loser get elected. We still doc03 May 2021 #7

This was a WWIII level hack zaj May 2021 #12

Sorry I can't disconnect Trump from anything doc03 May 2021 #14

I thought they hated "big tech"? Initech May 2021 #6

Somebody intelligent and tech-savvy would have had to have been behind that hack. Ocelot II May 2021 #8

foreign or domestic stillcool May 2021 #9

I doubt it. But it's just like Putin to add fuel to the fire with an act like this. n/t NH Ethylene May 2021 #10

Perhaps state actors are involved in this effort. What motive would an ordinary hacker have in ... SWBTATTReg May 2021 #11

Don't blame Biden, but seriously if we don't get a handle on cyber security, our Hoyt May 2021 #13