jUST BECAUSE you can do something does not mean you should do it
Crude prices gained on Monday after the largest fuel pipeline in the United States was shut down over a ransomware cyberattack. The Colonial Pipeline, which transports 2.5 million barrels of fuel a day, halted all operations following Friday’s attack and was being assisted by the White House to tackle supply issues. Nick Note: Do not mistaken the sleeping dragon for a sparrow. The US would not have gone into World War II except for the colossal mistake when the Japaneses attacked Pearl harbor. As Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said regarding the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor by forces of Imperial Japan.
I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve.
I run in essence a private spy service. I collect information and i share information, i exchange information and we trade information in the market.
An recent example of the first fruits was the pandemic/ We all know who got their first and i kept you alive. I shared information with the wolverines who were still sleeping in January.
Well a similar event has been happening with the hacking community. You have all heard about ransomware. But it is far more dangerous since more complicated functions have gone on line. From the launching of a rocket, routing jetliners, electrical distribution systems, banking even processing your turds are all run, managed and controlled over the internet. And US companies have not taken the threat seriously. Our hacker buddies… sorry software engineers have pushed things to far. Many of them will end up dead…