August 14, 20242 yr 4 hours ago, toolg said: I feel like this should be a bigger story Also feel like that shouldn't have been able to be possible
November 18, 2025Nov 18 Author Cloudfare issue is causing internet outages: https://www.techradar.com/pro/live/a-cloudflare-outage-is-taking-down-parts-of-the-internetLarge parts of the internet are struggling to load right now following an issue at Cloudflare.The internet infrastructure service provider has confirmed issues, and is investigating the problem as we speak.
November 18, 2025Nov 18 Our bank is down. Weird that this isn't being covered by the mainstream media at all, but it's the top story on Drudge.
November 18, 2025Nov 18 On 11/28/2023 at 3:56 PM, Toastrel said:If you have ever had to work with any parts of our infrastructure; power, water, oil, etc, you would be amazed at the complete lack of security awareness in their IT.A local refinery has EVERY single PLC in the plant connected to the Internet, because a vendor needed remote access to a system, and each and every system uses a simple password you could easily guess.I work in E&U and with power companies I strongly disagree. The amount of security federally mandated alone is insane. I’m literally going through a Bill Of Materials on a BESS unit to make sure it doesn’t have any Chinese parts or transmitting radios (surprise, theirs both so we have to go back to the vendor)
April 16Apr 16 Author BlueSky is taking it pretty hard today. Reported DDOS attack. https://www.tomsguide.com/news/live/bluesky-down-live-outage-updates-4-16-26
May 8May 8 Author Cybercriminals stole student data from thousands of schools and universities by attacking learning management system Canvas.MalwarebytesMillions of students' personal data stolen in major educa...ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructure’s Canvas platform across schools and education providers.
May 8May 8 29 minutes ago, toolg said:Cybercriminals stole student data from thousands of schools and universities by attacking learning management system Canvas.MalwarebytesMillions of students' personal data stolen in major educa...ShinyHunters claims it stole personal data from 275 million users on Instructure’s Canvas platform across schools and education providers.I'm currently teaching a grad class on Canvas. We were down this morning, but its back up now. I'm not sure what data has any value to hackers. It's just course materials and grades. Unless of course they are interested in my musings of how covid impacted informal learning environments.
May 8May 8 Author 10 minutes ago, Gannan said:I'm currently teaching a grad class on Canvas. We were down this morning, but its back up now. I'm not sure what data has any value to hackers. It's just course materials and grades. Unless of course they are interested in my musings of how covid impacted informal learning environments.They got names, email addresses, and student IDs. Not sure how valuable that stuff is. It's a bad time for a lot of schools to have their systems shut down. It's finals week in a lot of places, or at least the last coursework for the semester is due.
May 8May 8 14 minutes ago, toolg said:They got names, email addresses, and student IDs. Not sure how valuable that stuff is. It's a bad time for a lot of schools to have their systems shut down. It's finals week in a lot of places, or at least the last coursework for the semester is due.Our schedule is weird. I'm in the second week of a summer course, but still a pain having the system down in an online course.
May 15May 15 Author Iranian hackers are suspected of targeting US gas stations. https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/iran-hackers-tank-readers-gas-stationsUS officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity.The hackers responsible have exploited automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems that were sitting online and unprotected by passwords, allowing them in some cases to tinker with display readings on the tanks but not the actual levels of fuel in them, the sources said.The cyber intrusions are not known to have caused physical damage or harm, but the breaches have raised safety concerns because gaining access to an ATG could, in theory, allow a hacker to make a gas leak go undetected, according to private experts and US officials.The sources briefed on the investigation said Iran’s history of targeting the gas tank systems is one reason the country is a top suspect. But, the sources cautioned, the US government may not be able to definitively determine who was responsible because of a lack of forensic evidence left by the hackers.CNN has requested comment on the ATG hack from the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The FBI declined to comment.
May 15May 15 1 hour ago, toolg said:Iranian hackers are suspected of targeting US gas stations. https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/15/politics/iran-hackers-tank-readers-gas-stationsNot even password protected. Boomer in charge of that one.
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