Why have that stuff connected to the internet? Don’t these people know about VPNs and firewalls?
So their employees can talk with each other and use the same applications? Just a guess.
And so clients can pay their water bills on line. And so clients can renew their car tags on line. So clients can pay their parking violation tickets on line. You know. Just stuff like that.
I’ve never understood it either. Seems like there should be two internets barely connected together just enough when and where needed to facilitate certain things but with firewalls and other security measures in place. Completely separate servers and traffic routing otherwise.
The real scary part is that .mil, .gov, the electric grid, water supply systems, power plants, including nuclear are all on the same web as we are right now.
We’re screwed