Posted on 08/21/2024 5:45:17 PM PDT by dynachrome
U.S. oilfield services firm Halliburton (HAL.N), opens new tab on Wednesday was hit by a cyberattack, according to a person familiar with the matter. Halliburton said it was aware of an issue affecting certain systems at the company and was working to determine the cause and impact of the problem. The company was also working with "leading external experts" to fix the issue, a spokesperson said in an emailed statement. The attack appeared to impact business operations at the company's north Houston campus, as well as some global connectivity networks, the person said, who declined to be identified because they were not authorized to speak on the record. The company has asked some staff not to connect to internal networks, the person said.
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As a person not “familiar with the matter” I say enjoy your high tech, computerized internet age.
-—A Luddite
Does everyone know that the local small town and large city water and sewage treatment systems have been shut off and on as tests by foreign cyberattackers over the past few years? If one get turned off and then back on too soon in a real attack it would burn out a huge device that takes months to manufacture and transport across freeways to replace it. Disaster to go without water or any use of toilets for weeks or months.
My idea: get them offline.
From what I’ve read, it appears the best protection against foreign cyberattacks is using antiquated computers.
Use Lotus Notes 8.5 as a platform.
It’s so old, clunky, and unfriendly.
Eww, how about no.
I'll be using the tree branch route myself.
And if nobody has ever learned to dig a latrine they better.
Is that because they fired their own cheap labor 20 something IT guru guys about an hour after it happened when they couldn't fix things? /sarcasm
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