11 comments

  • artrockalter 3 minutes ago
    The internet became a single point of failure for all of civilization years ago and we're only realizing it now.
    • embedding-shape 1 minute ago
      > we're only realizing it now

      Hence we need alternatives. P2P wireless (and wired) networks Freifunk, Guifi and NYCMesh are three that works today, in practice and in the real world. Contribute to them, learn from them, replicate them elsewhere, where you live.

  • mosesman 16 minutes ago
    There was a cyberattack in France with 350-400 supermarkets having its fridges heated to 50C, instantly defrosting and spoiling food.

    When your fridges hit 50C, that’s not a bug... thats a hotfix

  • paaloeye 1 hour ago
  • dw_arthur 5 minutes ago
    This reminds me I need to get to work storing a weeks worth of water in my basement and stashing a little bit of cash in the house.
    • kevdoran 4 minutes ago
      time to download wikipedia again
  • ErroneousBosh 11 minutes ago
    This is going to be another "OMG AI is going to cause all these cyberattacks!11!!1!" thing that turns out to be "any child can find these on Shodan and the hardcoded can't-be-disabled Gott-tier login is admin/admin, isn't it?

    It is, isn't it?

    Again.

  • atleastoptimal 1 hour ago
    AI will exponentially increase the number of cyberattacks. The likely outcome is

    1. Legacy firmware will be a bloodbath, leading to a consolidation of firms

    2. All digital infrastructure will have an always on AI "shield" of agents that monitor and defend against attacks

    3. The attacks that survive will depend on human points of failure, leading to less control for humans being the default

    • 233mhz 6 minutes ago
      Why do we always talk about ai capabilities in the future tense?

      What's stopping them from doing these right now? Script kiddies have basically reverse engineered the PS5 at that point, do you think state actors need better models?

    • swingandamiss 7 minutes ago
      Just updated my openwrt firmware yesterday. I was a minor point release behind but I'm no longer risking it.
    • squidmaster 24 minutes ago
      [dead]
  • 1287-asf 1 hour ago
    It is like reading The Onion:

    [x] Outsourcing identification to Internet companies (likely US).

    [x] Outsourcing operational state of equipment to Internet companies (likely US).

    [x] Displacing German and Danish workers with cheaper Poles.

    [x] Cyber council member floats hybrid war rather than addressing its own incompetence.

    [x] News comes from Kiev instead of Copenhagen.

    • undebuggable 56 minutes ago
      > [x] Displacing German and Danish workers with cheaper Poles.

      I beg you pardon. I'm not cheap, but I'm also not employed. You want cheap so you get it.

      • schaum 44 minutes ago
        Polska Gurom
    • neoromantique 2 minutes ago
      >created: 1 hour ago

      >Kiev

      ок

    • paaloeye 1 hour ago
      Last one is uncalled for. Here is your CPH source if you can Danish: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50074900
    • BlackRabbit1 26 minutes ago
      [x] BSI certified security

      (Joking)

    • artisinal 33 minutes ago
      I wonder if the Eastern European workers on the German part of the tunnel are paid below minimum wage or if that is only allowed for agriculture.
    • patcon 27 minutes ago
      I do trust critique on this stuff from throwaways. The utter cheapness of manufacturing provocateurs against EU interests, mean you need to bring your reputation to be taken seriously with the potshots imho
  • paaloeye 1 hour ago
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    • avidruntime 1 hour ago
      > President of the Danish Council for Digital Security, Henning Mortensen, does not rule out that the incident may have to do with a hybrid war. In recent weeks, Danish services have warned of possible cyber attacks from Russia and raised the degree of threat to "high."

      https://www.rmf24.pl/fakty/swiat/news-wojna-hybrydowa-cybera...

      • zero-g 1 hour ago
        What could be the Russia’s interest in this type of short disruption? What do they gain from this?
        • Sharlin 53 minutes ago
          Fear, uncertainty and doubt. Russia’s modus operandi. They want to make us paranoid and suspect them every time something suspicious happens, painting a picture of some kind of super powerful actor, while always retaining plausible deniability about everything.
          • red75prime 34 minutes ago
            As in "promote linking every attack of uncertain origin to Russia thus creating the fear of widespread hybrid warfare, while focusing actual attacks on Ukraine's weapon suppliers if possible"?
        • lukan 55 minutes ago
          Scaring the european public, to be less willing to support Ukraine.

          With quite some this is working.

        • karp773 33 minutes ago
          They want the electorate to be scared and vote in incompetent, corrupt, compromised, anti-EU, and divisive government. And then divide et impera.
        • schainks 56 minutes ago
          It fuels the “look how the government sucks at doing its job, vote for us to “fix” the government” narrative for whoever they are propping up with money and bot farms.

          Any disruption is an opportunity to inject corruption.

        • paaloeye 53 minutes ago
          They just do what they can. Any nuisance is a win for them.
  • 2PqboPPmKegvanx 1 hour ago
    well, shit.
  • thinker34 17 minutes ago
    The Russia-Ukraine war has all signs to lead the world into world war 3 if its not stopped. All these sabotage acts will continue across the globe to drag more countries into the mix. What is the UN Security council doing?. Nobody hears their efforts to stop anything
    • allemagne 3 minutes ago
      >The Russia-Ukraine war has all signs to lead the world into world war 3 if its not stopped.

      Russia can withdraw today and all the fighting would stop immediately.

      >All these sabotage acts will continue across the globe to drag more countries into the mix.

      Russia can choose to stop these sabotage acts immediately.

      >What is the UN Security council doing?. Nobody hears their efforts to stop anything

      Russia doesn't need anyone's permission to stop the war immediately.

      (But also, Russia is a founder and permanent member of the UNSC, so...)

    • skybrian 0 minutes ago
      [delayed]
    • 233mhz 9 minutes ago
      Let me guess, we have to war now to... prevent... a war?
      • Zanfa 7 minutes ago
        US wouldn't need to join the war for Ukraine to prevail. Not trying to force it to unconditionally surrender would be a good start.
    • fasterik 6 minutes ago
      Russia lashing out beyond Ukraine is a sign of desperation, not of strength. They've destroyed their economy and have little chance of making more progress in Ukraine, and they know it. The predictions of escalation into WW3 don't seem credible to me.
    • sippingabonedry 3 minutes ago
      Europe sat around waiting for Trump to do something, meanwhile they have done nothing more than penning strongly worded letters, like they were complaining to their HOA about the color of a fence. Sending blue & yellow emojis of support.

      Slavs would Keyser Sose their entire families before letting the other side win. This is not going to end well.

    • embedding-shape 13 minutes ago
      > What is the UN Security council doing?

      What do you expect UN Security Council to do here, really? Two of the permanent members are waging offensive wars without cause, and Russia keeps vetoing anything about Ukraine, and the US keeps vetoing anything about Gaza/Israel and Iran. What exactly could they realistically do, in your opinion?

    • doubtitis 9 minutes ago
      I really have no factual basis to claim this, but based on the power balances, I would say that most of "russian", "chinese", "iranian" etc cyber attacks originate (at least the command is being given), from some geographical point in North America. Langley? Pentagon? Who knows.. but false flags are your specialty..