Honda's global operations hit by cyber-attack

Firmware engineering and IOT is a huge mess<p>At least in my experience, there aren&#x27;t many opportunities for career growth in that area unless you switch to regular app&#x2F;web development, or you move to a snazzier company like Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, etc. (Or start a disruptive startup..)<p>I wonder if there&#x27;s a &quot;brain drain&quot; effect that&#x27;s causing this industrial software to be persistently low quality and susceptible to attack

&gt; &quot;Honda can confirm that a cyber-attack has taken place on the Honda network,&quot; the Japanese car-maker said in a statement. It added that the problem was affecting its ability to access its computer servers, use email and otherwise make use of its internal systems. &quot;There is also an impact on production systems outside of Japan,&quot; it added.<p>The article suggests ransomware.

I wonder to what extent this attack was related to work-from-home.<p>The hasty manner in which many companies were forced to adapt + open up their computer networks to accommodate working from home may have created opportunities for attacks like this on large organizations.

I wonder how long until we see a global car manufacturer get compromised to the point that the products are slowly compromised with the data stolen initially?<p>Imagine any car with ECMs that can receive OTA updates turned into a herd of bots of some type.<p>It&#x27;s an entertaining avenue of thought to consider every Honda with OTA capabilities mining bitcoin from this day on.

Some Aussie brewers got hit over the past 24hrs too:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smh.com.au&#x2F;technology&#x2F;drinks-giant-lion-hit-by-cyber-attack-as-hackers-target-corporate-australia-20200609-p550pu.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smh.com.au&#x2F;technology&#x2F;drinks-giant-lion-hit-by-c...</a>

Fun Fact: Ekans backward is snake.

Hope it doesn&#x27;t infect the thinly papered over Android based &quot;OS&quot; on my car&#x27;s dashboard.<p>I authorized the car to my home&#x27;s WiFi in hopes that there would be updates. Instantly regret. :&#x2F;<p>Do I dare even turn it on now?

The only solution is that Industrial networks must be physically isolated from the internet.