#hms_queen_elizabeth

  • Cyber Security at Sea - Microsoft XP on Carriers, Hacking Tridents & Spoofing GPS – gCaptain
    http://gcaptain.com/cyber-security-sea-microsoft-xp-carriers-hacking-tridents-spoofing-gps


    The 65,000-tonne HMS Queen Elizabeth, the Royal Navy’s largest ever warship, puts to sea for the first time, June 26, 2017.
    Photo : Royal Navy

    When reporters were recently being given tours of the Royal Navy’s new “supercarrier,” #HMS_Queen_Elizabeth, some were surprized to see a distinctive logo on several computer screens on the bridge and in control rooms. The logo was for Windows XP, the Microsoft computer operating system introduced in 2001. The ship itself was under construction for over eight years and the many of the procurement lead times were even longer. The reporters were told that the software was ordered in 2004, when XP was the latest and greatest version of the operating system. 

    Other than being slightly embarrassing that the brand new £3.5 billion aircraft carrier is running outdated software, why is this a problem? The problem is that the older operating systems are much more vulnerable to security breeches. In May, a worldwide ransomware attack was launched, which created havoc in networks in 99 counties around the world. (A new wave of ransomware cyber-attacks has hit within the last day. This time, port operations were also impacted, including Moller-Maersk and others.)

    Objectivement, ça vaudrait son pesant de cacahouètes que le fleuron de la flotte de Sa Gracieuse Majesté doive raquer 300 dollars en bitcoins pour pouvoir naviguer :-D