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Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda

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From	Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null>
Subject	Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda
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Date	2025-10-17 13:32 +0000

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On 2025-10-16, c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> wrote:
> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15196513/harrisburg-international-airport-pa-hackers-anti-israel.html
>
> international airport's PA system is HACKED and plays
> anti-Israel message to travelers
>
> . . .
>
>    Just to note, basically EVERY system of ANY
>    kind can be hacked now. That includes all
>    the infrastructure stuff, banking, govt,
>    everything. Vlad and Xi are BUSY BEAVERS.
>
>    Doing online, well, pretty much ANYTHING ?
>    They CAN, soon WILL, get at it.
>
>    I kind of envision Vlad and Xi as having
>    a big shiny red button on their desks
>    marked "Destroy West".
>

Good point — scary reminder that attackers can hit critical systems.
Not everything is equally vulnerable: many airports and utilities have air-gapped
or segmented controls, but legacy gear, third-party vendors, and poor configs
open doors. Patching, network segmentation, monitoring, backups, and regular
incident-response drills make a huge difference.

Also: attribution is tricky — not every hack is a nation-state, though the risk
from sophisticated actors is real. For ordinary folks, the best short-term
advice is to verify info from official channels, expect delays, and keep your
personal accounts and devices patched and on a VPN when using public Wi-Fi.

Totally agree — this is a wake-up call, and cyber hygiene plus investment in
infrastructure security are the only sane answers.

-- 
Tom Mix

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Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-16 03:39 -0400
  Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2025-10-17 13:32 +0000
    Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-17 21:47 -0400
    Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-10-20 21:20 +0200
      Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Niocláisín Cóilín de Ghlostéir <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-10-20 21:33 +0200
      Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Tom Mix <tommix@dev.null> - 2025-10-20 19:52 +0000
        Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-20 20:47 +0000
        Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Nioclás Pól Caileán de Ghloucester <Spamassassin@irrt.De> - 2025-10-20 22:50 +0200
          Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-10-20 23:06 +0000
          Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-20 22:49 -0400
        Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2025-10-20 22:48 -0400
        Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Tristan Wibberley <tristan.wibberley+netnews2@alumni.manchester.ac.uk> - 2025-10-26 11:05 +0000
          Re: Harrisburg PA - Airport PA System Hacked - Rude Anti-Semite Propaganda Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2025-10-26 07:27 -0400

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