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Re: [CM] Hacking Big Oil for fun and profit

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On 2015-06-13, maxnort <me@mt.samurai.inv> wrote:
> RS Wood wrote:
>
>> From the «because the greenies are f*cking broke» department:
>> Title: What are hackers' favourite targets: Study shows Big Oil under fire
>> Author:
>> Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2015 02:28:36 -0400
>> 
>> A study conducted in April by Symantec, the world's biggest
>> cybersecurity firm, found that computer-system invaders attacked 43
>> per cent of global mining, oil and gas companies at least once last
>> year. In a separate survey the same month, conducted for the
>> Organization of American States by another security company, Trend
>> Micro, 47 per cent of energy organisations reported attacks, the
>> highest among all corporate sectors and surpassed only by
>> governments.

> do a quick strategic analysis of how to bring down a civilization.
> take out it's supports and it will fall. for years,our own government
> has weakened infrastructure in this country by not funding it. this is
> a weakness in a major support, and they are simply trying to exploit
> it.

I agree taking down the oil industry would bring about the end of
western civilization.  But I think this is simply about trying to crack
into systems that belong to industries likely to have money.  If you and
your baddies had to choose between hacking some little NGO or hacking
Exxon, you'd probably decide Exxon was the juicier target.

On the other hand, Exxon would probably have better systems in place and
better armed lawyers ready to rip you a new asshole ...

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[CM] Hacking Big Oil for fun and profit RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-06-12 18:37 +0000
  Re: [CM] Hacking Big Oil for fun and profit RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-06-14 09:19 +0300
    Re: [CM] Hacking Big Oil for fun and profit RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-06-16 08:39 +0300

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