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In reply to the discussion: Colonial Pipeline said to have no plan pay hackers ransom [View all]miyazaki
(2,243 posts)46. Very true. Worked for a major tv affiliate where the engineers
never bothered to test the stations half million dollar backup generator twice a year as prescribed.
Of course power was lost in a major storm, the generator never kicked in like it was supposed to,
and hilarity ensued as the assistant engineer was jumping the backup storage batteries to maintain our on air capability with a work truck, while the incompetent fuck chief engineer was hiding from the GM in a utility closet.
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And disconnected, offsite ones for something as critical to the infrastructure of a huge part of the
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2021
#3
Here on the east coast, all the gas stations are out of gas. We cancelled our trip to see our
BComplex
May 2021
#9
Just a matter of time til the reports of car fires, house fires, and horrible burns pour in
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2021
#12
Amen! It galls me to no end how lax this company (and likely others) are with regard to security. n/
iluvtennis
May 2021
#23
I'm an SQL Developer with some DBA-like responsibilities ... much less since the shop went to AWS
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2021
#27
Yeah, their IT staff either freaking sucks to a level that beggars belief ...
Hugh_Lebowski
May 2021
#4
Mind you, I'm not saying that a Koch-owned oil company is incapable of hiring a substandard
ZZenith
May 2021
#8
Colonial Pipeline paid hackers nearly $5 million in ransom, sources say
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2021
#34