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  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    8 months ago

    Yes, because normal people always throw PCs away when they stop getting security updates.

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        8 months ago

        Some of the biggest businesses in the world still run legacy systems somewhere in their organization. I work for one of the top 5 retail data processors in the world and we have a handful of ancient legacy apps that can’t run on anything more modern than Server 2012.

        And almost none of them take the proper precautions for vulnerable systems.

        I mean for fuck’s sake, Office Depot’s Southeastern regional headquarters’s HVAC system is (well as of 2019 when I last checked) is controlled by a truly decrepit Windows 2000 box THAT IS NETWORK CONNECTED!

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            8 months ago

            And this distinction is important why?

            All it takes is one compromised device, and there isn’t a single company I’ve worked for (and I’ve worked for several bigger ones) that didn’t have at least one vulnerable device network connected.

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        8 months ago

        Hahahahahaha…breathes…,… hahahahah

        But in all seriousness, they %100 will not. There are still companies that have winxp machines and servers on 2000/2003.

        There is an entire sector of the secops industry built on protecting these machines.

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      8 months ago

      it’s not even that retarded an argument! If you don’t think about it, it could appear to make perfect sense instead of being bullshitese for a problem that isn’t real but taps into moral outrage about how wasteful every day is under capitalism.