Considering how disastrous a cyber attack on our infrastructure would be, why are these systems accessable via the internet?

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After the pipeline got shot down, it got me thinking about our electrical grid. If they managed to sit it down for just a few weeks, the damage and loss of life would be catastrophic. Why on earth are these systems even accessable to anyone outside this country?

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Cost eficiency, it is much cheaper, safer, and faster to communicate via any online method rather than doing it through any of the older ways such as phone or maile, since mail can be intercepted and phone lines can be tapped into easily.

The problem does not come whether the internet is safe or not for any company but rather to a shortage of people that work cybersecurity.

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