[HN Gopher] Farm equipment security at DEF CON 29 ___________________________________________________________________ Farm equipment security at DEF CON 29 Author : artbristol Score : 66 points Date : 2021-10-11 18:58 UTC (4 hours ago) (HTM) web link (www.kaspersky.com) (TXT) w3m dump (www.kaspersky.com) | bri3d wrote: | More like "farm equipment manufacturers have insecure backoffice | web services" with some tenuous and unsubstantiated highly | contrived links to fanciful action movie sub-plots. | | I agree that automotive and farm equipment have generally | mediocre security track records and that, with the addition of | remote connectivity, these issues are concerning. But all | hyperbole and breathless reporting like this gains us is an | excuse for repair hostility under the guise of "security." | userbinator wrote: | _is an excuse for repair hostility under the guise of | "security."_ | | That's what every other company has been trying to do too, not | just farm equipment manufacturers. If you look between the | lines you'll find that the "security industry" is largely in | favour of corporate-authoritarianism. Thankfully, not everyone | is stupid, and I suspect farmers are actually more likely to | spot the BS. | mistrial9 wrote: | I believe by gut feeling, that the "heavy farm equipment with | tracking and repossession built-in" example directly inflames | ancient tensions between farmers and remote management. The | psychological trigger of the topic adds power and excitement to | both sides of that, and security shenanigans multiply, with | publicity. | _hyn3 wrote: | Goes right along with "Bugs allowed hackers to dox John Deere | tractor owners" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26903482 | OJFord wrote: | 'Goes right along with' as in it's the same work, this | submission is just blog author's write up of a presentation of | it (or whatever) at Def Con 29. | | The researcher's write-up from April: https://sick.codes/leaky- | john-deere-apis-serious-food-supply... (submitted thrice but | not discussed.) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-11 23:00 UTC)