A hacker explains why US nukes controlled by ancient computers is actually a good thing

A new government report on Wednesday revealed that America’s nukes are still being controlled by antique computers with 8-inch floppy disks, but a former white hat hacker says that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

“The biggest security issue here isn’t that the computer is 40 years old, but rather the quality of the lock on the door where the computer is housed,” Cris Thomas, a strategist for Tenable Network Security, said in a statement.

Thomas, known in hacker circles by his pseudonym Space Rogue, was one of the founding members of the legendary hacker collective L0pht. The groupfamously testified to the US Senate in 1998 that it could take down the Internet in 30 minutes. For the full article click here 

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