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points by Tangurena2 3 days ago | 0 comments

For those who don't know what this is, here's a decent podcast about it:

There's a transcript if you want to read, not listen. At the start, you'll be "hey! I gotta get me one!" and later you'll be like "burn it with fire!"

[–] yard2010 3 days ago

> I get a hit in my vulnerability log, like in the threat log on my Palo Alto firewall, and it’s for a SCADA vulnerability. ... A SCADA vulnerability. This makes no sense. SCADA is the control systems used in large-scale industrial settings. Think pumps, valves, conveyor belts, compressors, elevators, railway switches. This is where SCADA systems live. Why in the world is this box that’s here to deliver TV and movies attempting to trigger a SCADA exploit on D3ada55’ network? This is very concerning.

Such things are threats to humanity imho. They can get us back to the times we couldn't exploit the internet to run a society.

[–] mryijum 3 days ago

Interesting! According to this, a lot more going on beyond the residential proxy element, which was the only bit I had considered (or heard about). I wish there was an accompanying article with some more specifics.

[–] thenthenthen 3 days ago

I aso would like a technical deepdive, the transcript comes out as not very well informed and borderline conspiratorial.

“ Most of the infected devices were manufactured in China. ” uh… most devices are manufactured in China period. Very strange article/podcast.

[–] thenthenthen 2 days ago

So many downvotes. This is a technical forum. The transcript provides almost no technical insights but manages to mentions China 18x. Would be nice to have a discusion on that.

[–] muddi900 9 hours ago

Maybe that is the goal.

[–] qingcharles 1 day ago

That shit is wild. Especially them mailing boxes unsolicited to people working on power utility projects.