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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Think of it like a big game of six degrees of Kevin Bacon – most critical systems are only ever a few steps away from the internet.
Many critical devices, like those that control utilities, are not directly on the internet. But the machine that controls them is. Or maybe they are fully separated from the internet, but they may still be in some kind of risk if the rest of the network at a location were to be compromised.
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