I’ve seen too many articles saying China/Russia is balls deep in our infrastructure to believe we’ll have any reliable communication if WW3 breaks out.
krunklom@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
The laissez faire attitude most tech companies, non tech companies, and people, have towards cyber security is a ticking fucking time bomb.
This isn’t 1990. Everything relies on technology. I can’t help but feel that we are headed towards a clusterfuck the likes of which has never been seen before.
eletes@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
especially since DOGE gave everyone backdoor access, I would not rely on any critical infrastructure in the US
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I’m told it’s not hard to get your ham operators license
frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Pretty much. There’s a flashcard app for $4 (hamstudy) with all the questions. I went through it for 30 minutes a night for two months, and I passed the Tech license no problem. I ought to do the same for General and Extra. Granted, Extra doesn’t give you that much more, but you do get a piece of paper from the government declaring you Extra.
shalafi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
My opinion is mixed. On one hand, cyber security is leagues ahead of the 90s. OTOH, while the common threats has been dialed in, the consequences of a major strike are far more dire. Didn’t state that well, know what I mean?
Anyway, as a sysadmin, this shit has kept me up a night. I mean that most literally. Falling asleep, “Shit! I don’t have that covered!”
krunklom@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
You’re looking at it from a business perspective which is valid but the resources available to the average person to prevent and / or mitigate a realm threat are virtually nonexistent.
Up until now it’s made no sense to target Joe Schmoe or his neighbours what happens when a state sponsored threat actor decides to burn it all down, or someone decides to start targeting the average person rn Massé with malicious ai?
It’s not a big deal on a case by case basis but almost no cybersecurity company will help out an individual unless they’re rich, the police are brain dead.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Yeah, maybe the emergency services for New York fucking City shouldn’t be on cellular infrastructure. Seems like a recipe for disaster.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 4 weeks ago
When I was a kid I wondered what would happen if someone set off an EMP in NYC, specifically about whether it would wipe out the data on Wall Street.
I decided they wouldn’t be dumb enough to not have backups in a safe location.
As an adult, I no longer trust that assumption.
DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
I remember there being a tiny earthquake in NYC and that fucked up the calls because everyone was just panic calling. The subway was nearby so it covered up the vibrations. My mother thought I messed up her phone somehow and blamed me for it lmfao. (“subway” was above ground so it wasn’t a reception problem)
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
Nothing would actually be wiped out.
It’s why that part in Dark Knight Returns is really fucking stupid.
FarceOfWill@infosec.pub 4 weeks ago
The majority of finance institutions will have multiple live servers in two places. Eg. new Jersey and as far away as Virginia. Some have three.
The data itself will be in even more locations as backups, but might take a while to recover if multiple sites were attacked at once.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
And they’d never do anything stupid and self destructive to make the line go up just because nothing bad has happened yet, and the collapse of a single company that did something stupid like that would never set off a national or global economic crisis.