1/10
Dear @RobManess,
Some of your followers will remember me from the 1990s "Computer Virus Myths homepage" and 2000s "Vmyths" site.
In this short thread I'll reveal why the #ColonialPipeline "cyberwar attack" is in fact COMPLETE HYSTERIA…
Dear @RobManess,
Some of your followers will remember me from the 1990s "Computer Virus Myths homepage" and 2000s "Vmyths" site.
In this short thread I'll reveal why the #ColonialPipeline "cyberwar attack" is in fact COMPLETE HYSTERIA…
https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1284282740893003776
2/10
Both Clinton in 1998 and Obama in 2009 hyped up cyber attacks similar to what we saw with #ColonialPipeline. "[Criminals] extort money by threats to unleash computer viruses…"
Clinton & Obama used their hype to issue flawed executive orders—
—just like Biden.
Both Clinton in 1998 and Obama in 2009 hyped up cyber attacks similar to what we saw with #ColonialPipeline. "[Criminals] extort money by threats to unleash computer viruses…"
Clinton & Obama used their hype to issue flawed executive orders—
—just like Biden.
3/10
And now #ColonialPipeline has openly admitted THEY pinched our nation's feeding tube. No cyber terrorist did it!
They shut down the flow of oil as a #precaution when a cyber-mugger told their Billing dept. to "gimme all your bitcoins":
And now #ColonialPipeline has openly admitted THEY pinched our nation's feeding tube. No cyber terrorist did it!
They shut down the flow of oil as a #precaution when a cyber-mugger told their Billing dept. to "gimme all your bitcoins":
https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1392922936634494984
4/10
#ColonialPipeline's "precautionary disconnect" hysteria began in the 1990s when corp/gov/mil nerds #ironically shut down operations because they feared a cyber attack might shut down their operations.
Yes, THAT's why you paid so much more for gas last week! 🤬
#ColonialPipeline's "precautionary disconnect" hysteria began in the 1990s when corp/gov/mil nerds #ironically shut down operations because they feared a cyber attack might shut down their operations.
Yes, THAT's why you paid so much more for gas last week! 🤬
5/10
Yes yes yes, #ColonialPipeline's management engaged in tomfoolery. Yes yes yes, Joe Biden responded exactly as did Barack Obama and Bill Clinton before him.
BUT
That's NOT why I call this recent attack on a critical infrastructure "COMPLETE HYSTERIA"!"
You see…
Yes yes yes, #ColonialPipeline's management engaged in tomfoolery. Yes yes yes, Joe Biden responded exactly as did Barack Obama and Bill Clinton before him.
BUT
That's NOT why I call this recent attack on a critical infrastructure "COMPLETE HYSTERIA"!"
You see…
6/10
The simple fact is, engineers for over a century have built AMAZING safeguards into critical infrastuctures.
Why?
Because mother nature is brutal and humans routinely screw things up!
Engineers roll their eyes 🙄 at #cyber terrorists: "is that the best you can do?"
The simple fact is, engineers for over a century have built AMAZING safeguards into critical infrastuctures.
Why?
Because mother nature is brutal and humans routinely screw things up!
Engineers roll their eyes 🙄 at #cyber terrorists: "is that the best you can do?"
7/10
The U.S. has seen hysteria over "critical infrastructure cyber attacks" since 2007 with a #staged demonstration (see link).
Electricity? Oil? Tap water? Sewers? Traffic lights? Even hacking a moving vehicle is well-known to engineers these days…
cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/…
The U.S. has seen hysteria over "critical infrastructure cyber attacks" since 2007 with a #staged demonstration (see link).
Electricity? Oil? Tap water? Sewers? Traffic lights? Even hacking a moving vehicle is well-known to engineers these days…
cnn.com/2007/US/09/26/…
8/10
Yet "2007" is only when the U.S. experienced it.
The first #hysteria over a "critical infrastructure cyber attack" occurred years earlier in Australia when a hacker managed to dump a swimming pool's worth of sewage … after 46 tries:
Yet "2007" is only when the U.S. experienced it.
The first #hysteria over a "critical infrastructure cyber attack" occurred years earlier in Australia when a hacker managed to dump a swimming pool's worth of sewage … after 46 tries:
9/10
Don't let 33 years of cyber #hysteria sweep you away.
Don't let jacked-up gas prices divert your focus.
Don't believe anyone who says "you must believe me because I know a secret."
Don't listen to #fearmongers who beg you to "imagine what might happen in the future…"
Don't let 33 years of cyber #hysteria sweep you away.
Don't let jacked-up gas prices divert your focus.
Don't believe anyone who says "you must believe me because I know a secret."
Don't listen to #fearmongers who beg you to "imagine what might happen in the future…"
10/10
Sir, if you take away nothing else from my Twitter thread, just remember this one thing:
"You can't spell 'cybersecurity' without hype."
Your followers who know me from the "Computer Virus Myths homepage" & "Vmyths" already know that! 🤓
Sincerely,
(other) Rob)
Sir, if you take away nothing else from my Twitter thread, just remember this one thing:
"You can't spell 'cybersecurity' without hype."
Your followers who know me from the "Computer Virus Myths homepage" & "Vmyths" already know that! 🤓
Sincerely,
(other) Rob)
11/10
PS:
I can hear the question on your lips. "Why didn't #ColonialPipeline trust their cybersecurity team to protect the company's assets?"
You won't like the answer, sir…
@threadreaderapp please unroll
PS:
I can hear the question on your lips. "Why didn't #ColonialPipeline trust their cybersecurity team to protect the company's assets?"
You won't like the answer, sir…
@threadreaderapp please unroll
The answer to your question begins here in a related Twitter thread:
https://twitter.com/vmyths/status/1392521802027515906
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