UK government denies China/Russia nuke plant hack claim The government of the United Kingdom has issued a strongly worded denial of a report that the Sellafield nuclear complex has been compromised by malware for years. The report, appearing in The Guardian, claimed that the controversial complex was hacked by "cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China," with the infection …
There is a tremendous amount of work going on in that carefully-worded denial:
"We have no records or evidence {but we have suspicions} to suggest that Sellafield Ltd networks {other networks are present and/or used} have been successfully attacked {we admit people have had a go} by state-actors {it's difficult to know if these hacking crews are genuinely state-sponsored or semi-rogue} in the way described {though other ways are possible} by the Guardian"
Each of those sub-clauses has its own circle on the Venn diagram - the denial only covers the area where all of those circles overlap.
" is thought to have been carried out using removable storage devices to get across air gaps"
The Grauniad is discussing exfiltration of data at Sellafield, whereas stuxnet was aimed at local destruction of equipment. If a destruction engine jumps an airgap it can still operate, but if an airgapped system is infected it still can't exfiltrate data because of the airgap.
According to Oliver Dowden, we should be prepared with battery-powered radios and torches
and candles, which given that we've got very efficient LED lighting and battery packs, is a rather hazardous suggestion for cosplaying that well known manga "1973 Miners' Strike".
The amount of Russian money swirling around in the Tory party, and this has been going on entirely under their watch, it wouldn't be surprising if this was a requirement by the Russians in order for selected tories to recieve 'sponsorship'?
Tories are only patriotic to a point, that point being, their own bank balances. After all, wasn't it Brandon Lewis who said, they pay us, because they are impressed by us or something to that effect https://inews.co.uk/news/politics/russia-report-conservative-tory-donors-brandon-lewis-560586
So, and considering the competence of the current 'Nuclear Minister' Andrew Bowie, I think that there's enough to make you go "Hmmmm".
But there again, "Nicola, Ferries, Motorhome and £600K". Obviously the Scottish Daily Distress and Daily Fail know which is most imporant to report on.
Vote up or down. Don't care. Merry Christmas all.
No doubt, in time it will surface that some contractor plugged in a USB stick and the compromises started from there. How many more times do we have to say to plug the damn holes with hot glue?
That's why when I purchase a new one, it is always wiped, inspected, A/V'd and reformatted with multiple different filesystem formats.
Not a 100% cure, but certainly has worked for me.
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