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by tonyplee 3283 days ago
Wonder if they manage to disable the UK's Trident Nuclear Submarine this time.

"Windows for Warship" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_Command_System

"Want to Nuke someone, please send Bitcoin to unlock the systems."

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/27/hms_queen_elizabeth...

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The news here was reporting earlier that the Chernobyl monitoring computers were compromised.

Edit: No link, but it was on ABC (Australia) live news, which is pretty reliable. Here is a less reliable source:

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/ne...

Is there a public link for that?