Stuxnet worked by the devices it was attacking being on a network - even a private network is still a network with every USB port, floppy drive and CD/DVD drive being an attack vector.
Just because something can be networked doesn't mean it should be.
Why do these places get hacked like this?
Secure work done on a non-networked system.
The networked system is routed through a firewall (running on a different OS, so no Windows everywhere) where only traffic to specific locations is permitted.
If you want to visit a "suspect" site then start up a disposable VM running a different OS containing a browser, connect over a VPN to a less tightly controlled exit point, and use it then dispose of the VM when you're done.
Do everything possible to block admin/network shares, and remember - not everything needs to be connected to the internet.
End users want easy everything then complain when their easy systems are compromised.
They don't say whose standards of behavior they are adhering to.
Its only really on the standard of "a legal democracy with full disclosure" where they fall down so pick anything else and their statement is true.
National security interests - these include anything which affects the US position in the world so thats the economy, communications, military advancements, technological advancements, scientific discoveries, etc. So any industrial espionage to benefit American industry is OK by the NSA. So is ensuring that those pesky Europeans don't invent any extra secure encryption to keep the Americans out of their communications. If Disney lobby the government, then protecting Mickey Mouse is in the national interest (as its a key symbol of American freedom).
We've been using sports halls to fly RC helicopters in for years - nothing new here.
Seriously, "Let it Go!"
They even the landing was "if possible/survivable"
Some of the non-scientist media journalists keep trying to play it as the lander failing. The clued up journalists and the scientists keep pushing the extraordinary data they've got back from the lander. Also they point out that they've managed to re-orientate the lander so that when it gets further into the solar system they should hopefully be able to pick up enough light to waken the lander and continue collecting data.
Rosetta is old news - we started orbiting the comet months ago.
My "bird-based" flying car just dropped out of the sky onto a rodent.
I don't think I should have gone for the night-driving Owl upgrade.
The Panavia Tornado (British, German, Italian, Saudi air force) still uses swing wings.
Sandia Labs have a project creating hydrocarbons using photosynthesising cyanobacteria (easier to genetically manipulate)
As the hydrocarbons float - they just need to skim the top of the tank to get the product.
And even if its legal in DC - its still illegal federally and so on federal land (national parks, seashores, military bases, etc) you can still be arrested for possession. A few stoner campers found this out in Washington State - camping in a national park and smoking up got ticketed by a park ranger.
So much for developing low carbon fuels - this is just kicking out more fossil fuel based CO2.
Doesn't matter what method you use to fully oxidise long carbon chains to release energy the results are still CO2 and H2O. There enzymes are only converting available energy at around 30%
Don't even need to bump into people - Scanning terminal with a range of a few feet and just stand in a crowd with it in your backpack.
Do this at say a theme park or a major tourist destination with a high turnover of passing people (eg. Tower Hill tube station in London, Champ de Mars metro station in Paris) through a narrow choke point where your scanner can pick up everyone passing and you can yield a much higher number of cards.
Its via the "contactless" chip system - which doesn't need to do online authentication. Its all done in the card for transactions under £20 (or hack foreign currencies). The card generates a transaction key which is passed to the bank when the shop communicates with the bank.
Using the foreign currency hack - you can ask the card for upto 999,999.99 in a foreign currency (not the default currency for the card). No one is going to use the hack to pull the full amount over - you'll use it for something like $50.00 or $49.99 so it looks less obvious on the statement. You scam cards in a tourist location where many vendors offer transactions in multiple currencies. I know a number of stores in Ireland offered me transactions in Euro, GBP or USD
Generally its the delivery crew who use the sails to get the boat to where the rich guy wants to sail from. Often the crew are given a budget, for all expenses including fuel, and so anything they save on that means they have more spending money for more vital supplies like beer, beer and more beer
These crews move the yachts around the world as "the rich guy" wants spring in the Caribbean, summer in the Med, fall/autumn in the Indian Ocean, winter around Australia. So you move the yacht to meet the guy and his family/friends for the holiday onboard at specific times.
You use the diesel engine when you're likely to miss the departure/arrival dates.
Its a fun life but badly paid, but you get to spend your time on a luxury yacht.
Dragging CAT6 is better than a phone line as you can use it for so many other things (aswell as a phone line).
Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
