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Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em

From The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.security
Subject Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em
Date 2026-08-22 16:32 +0100
Organization A little, after lunch
Message-ID <116cfdq$184mu$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)
References <7_CcnWTL6ePw-hv3nZ2dnZfqnPednZ2d@giganews.com> <20260821092000@news.eternal-september.org> <116b7sv$r3ve$1@dont-email.me> <20260822110618@news.eternal-september.org>

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On 22/08/2026 16:10, Roger Blake wrote:
> On 2026-08-22, Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
>> That didn’t protect against Stuxnet though, did it ...
> 
> No, but the fact remains that requiring physical access
> is more difficult versus just sitting half a world away
> and attacking via the internet.
> 
> 

Not more difficult: Just different.

If a national security agency is involved its probably far easier to 
bribe someone to stick a usb stick in a PC and run some code than it is 
to break a firewall and encryption.

Most hacks are simply because sites have barely implemented the most 
basic security and script kiddies have stumbled their way in



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Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.
  – Will Durant

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US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 22:33 -0400
  Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 09:04 +0100
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-20 12:45 -0400
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 22:38 +0800
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 22:37 +0800
  Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-08-21 13:24 +0000
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-21 14:40 +0100
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 22:33 +0800
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-08-21 23:49 +0000
        Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-22 13:22 +0100
          Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-22 18:47 +0000
          Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-23 02:24 -0400
            Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-23 12:29 +0100
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-21 23:11 -0400
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-21 22:31 +0800
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-21 23:47 +0100
        Re: US Govt Warns .... videos vs words? waste of time? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-23 23:05 +0800
          Re: US Govt Warns .... videos vs words? waste of time? "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-23 22:10 +0200
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-21 23:08 -0400
    Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-22 04:17 +0000
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-22 00:57 -0400
      Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em Roger Blake <rogblake@iname.invalid> - 2026-08-22 15:10 +0000
        Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-22 16:32 +0100
          Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-22 18:40 +0000
            Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-22 23:17 +0100
              Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-23 00:23 +0000
                Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-23 12:19 +0100
                Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-23 18:24 +0000
                Re: US Govt Warns About Siemens S7 PLA - Iran Can Hack 'Em The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-23 19:57 +0100

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