[thoughtomator]

It’s called having an IP address.

Everything on the Internet is subject to a near-constant stream of hacking attempts.

If you are addressable, someone is attempting to address you.

[blackdog]

I have over 6,000 internal IP addresses at work to control my machines and systems in manufacturing. Every servo drive, VFD, safety interlock, conveyor motor, valve, and pump has it's own IP address on an Ethernet system. I can access every last one thru our gateway while I am not at work. I can reassign outputs, modify tags, change values for machine motion or data collection(think vote fraud), etc..... right from home.

If I were to give that list of IP addresses to anyone wanting to do my company harm they could bring the entire factory to a screeching halt in seconds with a few key strokes and mouse clicks. It would take months to find the code insertions.

[Cboldt]

Didn’t even run the e-mail side under TLS. Bwahahahahaha.

[PLMerite]

I used to have some AV program that would alert you when you were pinged. I had to turn that part off because it was unrelenting.