So, not to take the wind out of your sails, but...
If I had to guess, I'd reckon this is a result of the Rockwell vulnerability (arstechnica.com) found a couple of months ago. Even though this is a vulnerability of Allen Bradley industrial hardware/software, I'd blame the pipeline maintenance company for not taking the issue seriously and patching their PLC's.
They probably had a PC connected to the Internet, never patched their systems, and never backed up their programs. Just a perfect storm to allow any child into their PLC, and you get this.
Voting machines aren't run on PLC's.
So, not to take the wind out of your sails, but...
If I had to guess, I'd reckon this is a result of the [Rockwell vulnerability](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/02/hard-coded-key-vulnerability-in-logix-plcs-has-severity-score-of-10-out-of-10/?amp=1) found a couple of months ago. Even though this is a vulnerability of Allen Bradley industrial hardware/software, I'd blame the pipeline maintenance company for not taking the issue seriously and patching their PLC's.
They probably had a PC connected to the Internet, never patched their systems, and never backed up their programs. Just a perfect storm to allow any child into their PLC, and you get this.
Voting machines aren't run on PLC's.
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