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[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 32 points 2 weeks ago

Several U.S. government agencies warned that unidentified hackers are trying to breach devices made by Siemens t

That's a completely different statement from the one in the title.

[–] obelisk_complex@piefed.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I guess turnabout is fair play.

(Stuxnet was an advanced collection of zero-day exploits built by Israel and the US that led to Iranian centrifuges, made by Siemens, slowly dismantling themselves during operation. It worked by altering machine operating parameters for faster wear, it was meant to bring Iran's nuclear program to its knees)

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course they are as Israel and US know very well. Ask Iran if you don't believe it.

[–] YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] tryagain@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean literally - didn't that target Siemens components?

[–] GorGor@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago

it did!

I'm curious does Allan Bradley not sell outside the US as much? I'm guessing they can't sell to Iran.

[–] YouTalkinToMe@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, Simatic SCADA systems.

[–] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

"Country that started some shit warns about some incoming bad shit"

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Stop don't know why things like this are on networks that connect in any way To the outside world. This should require physical access.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Oh how the turntables