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Digital collateral damage from Russia-Ukraine crisis could hit IT systems based in any country

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    zg3409
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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet

    This was USA/Israel industrial automation virus. It got out and has been found in Germany and elsewhere. This virus is generally harmless to most systems unless they happen to be enriching uranium. Similar cia/NSA leaks have gotten into hands of countries and individuals, placing everyone at risk. They also knowingly leave broken systems unpatched and don't tell vendors, so they can use the bugs to break into systems all over the world, while leaving everyone vulnerable to known secret flaws. Critical infrastructure in most countries should be airgapped and firewalled as much as possible, but everything is online these days from electrical and water systems to internet providers and hospitals to traffic lights, cellular networks. Even loss of basic internet would bring most countries into emergency status in a few days.



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    Impetus
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118662656#Comment_118662656

    What has Stuxnet got to do with the current Russia -v- Ukraine (Europa) issue please? In any event, should a Stuxnet type game go into play, it would be one of a million attack types that could be launched against UA. The key issue is that the malware that Russia (or any other entity) releases on the internet can cause problems all over the planet



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