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Tag Archives: Y2K

Y2K – Event, Nonevent? – Which Was It?

November 15, 2010 – 6:00 am – The largely successful remediation of the Y2K “bug” arguably led to the worst of outcomes for the credibility of cybersecurity risk. Many believe that Y2K was all a hoax perpetrated by software consultants and vendors in order to generate income, which it certainly did. Others, who had a…
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Cybergeddon … Ho Hum

March 29, 2010 – 6:00 am – A February 23, 2010 article by Elinor Mills caught my eye. It had the title “Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks,” and is available at http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458759-245.htm?tag=mncol;title. The article has a link to a U.S. Senate Hearing, which took place that same day,…
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Embedded Exploits

February 2, 2009 – 6:00 am – Two major Y2K security and safety concerns were:  embedded systems (such as control systems in elevators, power plants, automobiles, etc. would fail to operate properly when the date changed from December 31, 1999 to January 1, 2000, and computer applications that had been outsourced,…
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