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Ski Lift In Austria Left Control Panel Open On the Internet (bleepingcomputer.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Officials from the city of Innsbruck in Austria have shut down a local ski lift after two security researchers found its control panel open wide on the Internet, and allowing anyone to take control of the ski lift's operational settings. There was no authentication in place, and anyone accessing the control panel could have modified the ski lift's speed, the distance between cable cars, and cable tension.
Coincidentally, researchers discovered the ski lift's control panel on the same day that NBC ran a report about a ski lift system suffering a mechanical malfunction, going at crazy speeds, and injuring 10 people. Both ski lifts were from the same vendor, but researchers say they weren't aware of the NBC report when they stumbled upon the one in Austria. Innsbruck officials shut down the ski lift for a security audit, and the ski lift is still nonoperational today.
Coincidentally, researchers discovered the ski lift's control panel on the same day that NBC ran a report about a ski lift system suffering a mechanical malfunction, going at crazy speeds, and injuring 10 people. Both ski lifts were from the same vendor, but researchers say they weren't aware of the NBC report when they stumbled upon the one in Austria. Innsbruck officials shut down the ski lift for a security audit, and the ski lift is still nonoperational today.
Or the simple "push and water flows for 15 seconds" mechanical ones.
Of course, you then stuck with one of the electric "blows germs around the room" or "needs batteries to give you towels" things to dry your hands.
You know, you have this cool and very useful thing called an immune system. Unless you're a queer and received the Anally Injected Death Sentence (AIDS). Then, I guess not.
No, really, AIDS does favor gays for physical biological reasons. You see, unlike the self-lubricating vagina, anal sex has a very high chance of causing little lacerations/tears in the anal tissues which makes it much more likely for the virus to enter the body. It's as though nature has a preference. Not to mention that without female inhibitions or the (arguably feminine) demand for monogamy, it's not uncommon for gay men to have as many as hundreds of partners with each one increasing the risk (as the saying goes, you sleep with them AND everyone they've ever been with). Ah well, it's just "alternative" and "different" and I guess nature is discriminatory?
I guess I can expect down-mods and maybe some token hand-waving. I certainly cannot expect a refutation of facts. No one still here on Slashdot has the guts to actually take on a factual argument anymore. That and you know I'm factually correct so you're starting from a position of weakness. Much easier to dismiss, isn't that right, you weak little men?