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That reads like a scare story for MPs so they approve more money to some dodgy outfit that will save us all from the ever growing axis of evil...again.

goalieca 24d ago
This is greatly downplaying the hacking that has been made public, hasn’t been made public, and is continuously ongoing. Water treatment plants just publicly got hit in Canada and USA. The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. It’s a sort of Cold War.
- andai 24d ago
  >The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. What for?
  - andai 24d ago
    Edit: I mean I'm sure it's rational, but what's the calculus there? Probing the waters? Demonstrating capabilities? What's the actual outcome?
- pasquinelli 24d ago
  in the case of iran, it's hard to imagine it wouldn't be in retaliation for the infrastructure in iran that america has destroyed, so a cold war on one side, a hot war on the other.
  - HappyPanacea 24d ago
    It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.
    - O1111OOO 24d ago
      > It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you. UK's involvement in the 2026 Iran War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_involvement_in_the_2026_Iran_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_involvement_in_... United Kingdom and the Gaza "war": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Gaza_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Gaza_wa...
      - arijun 24d ago
        They shot down some drones and lent an army base? Hardly rousing support. If I’m not mistaken, Jordan also shot down some drones, are they next up? I’ll agree with gp, in any case seems unwise to give the UK cause to further involve themselves.
  - spwa4 24d ago
    Is that supposed to be an explanation of the "morality" of just killing a random person because you got a bloody nose?
- newsclues 24d ago
  Russian too, but yes we are in the first Great Cyber War that’s been raging since at least 2022
  - valeg 23d ago
    Hackers caused power cut in western Ukraine [2016]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464
- hulitu 22d ago
  > The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure You forgot Russia. /s Why do "companies and infrastructure" need to run "in a browser" ?
michaelt 24d ago
Those same MPs decided, for example, that it should be mandatory for EV chargers to be internet connected. They could do with a dose of reality, IMHO.
zerozerotwo 24d ago
You know Iran itself refers its own side as the axis right?
- applicative 24d ago
  They lost Syria so there's no axis
- g8oz 24d ago
  Are you being diliberately obtuse? The U.S under Bush Jr. called them a member of the Axis of Evil. In response they called themselves and their allies the Axis of Resistance.

goalieca 24d ago

This is greatly downplaying the hacking that has been made public, hasn’t been made public, and is continuously ongoing. Water treatment plants just publicly got hit in Canada and USA. The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. It’s a sort of Cold War.

andai 24d ago
>The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure. What for?
- andai 24d ago
  Edit: I mean I'm sure it's rational, but what's the calculus there? Probing the waters? Demonstrating capabilities? What's the actual outcome?
pasquinelli 24d ago
in the case of iran, it's hard to imagine it wouldn't be in retaliation for the infrastructure in iran that america has destroyed, so a cold war on one side, a hot war on the other.
- HappyPanacea 24d ago
  It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you.
  - O1111OOO 24d ago
    > It seems unwise to attack UK when US attacks you. UK's involvement in the 2026 Iran War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_involvement_in_the_2026_Iran_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_involvement_in_... United Kingdom and the Gaza "war": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Gaza_war https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_and_the_Gaza_wa...
    - arijun 24d ago
      They shot down some drones and lent an army base? Hardly rousing support. If I’m not mistaken, Jordan also shot down some drones, are they next up? I’ll agree with gp, in any case seems unwise to give the UK cause to further involve themselves.
- spwa4 24d ago
  Is that supposed to be an explanation of the "morality" of just killing a random person because you got a bloody nose?
newsclues 24d ago
Russian too, but yes we are in the first Great Cyber War that’s been raging since at least 2022
- valeg 23d ago
  Hackers caused power cut in western Ukraine [2016]: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464 https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35297464
hulitu 22d ago
> The simple truth right now is that China, Iran, and North Korea, are actively hacking out companies and infrastructure You forgot Russia. /s Why do "companies and infrastructure" need to run "in a browser" ?

michaelt 24d ago

Those same MPs decided, for example, that it should be mandatory for EV chargers to be internet connected. They could do with a dose of reality, IMHO.

zerozerotwo 24d ago

You know Iran itself refers its own side as the axis right?

applicative 24d ago
They lost Syria so there's no axis
g8oz 24d ago
Are you being diliberately obtuse? The U.S under Bush Jr. called them a member of the Axis of Evil. In response they called themselves and their allies the Axis of Resistance.