November 2011
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Hacker takes control of Water & Sewer... →
A district in Texas had HMI (human machine interface) software used to manage water and sewage infrastructure accessible to the Internet and used a password that was just three characters long to protect the system, making it easy picking for a remote attack.
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Alex Karp, CEO Palantir, on Charlie Rose →
Fascinating discussion on civil liberties, the fight against terrorism, and how a Silicon Valley company, Palantir, is helping to protect you on both dimensions. Palantir is one of the biggest companies in the Valley you’ve likely never heard of.
Random thought after watching this, a fun connect-the-dots. Peter Thiel was a derivatives trader on Wall Street that went on to found PayPal....
