Re: LOTS of US Water Plants Hit by Hacks

c186282 <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 02:18:42 -0400

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On 8/5/26 10:09, rbowman wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Aug 2026 02:55:04 -0400, c186282 wrote:
> 
>>     Not sure how much 'steppers' were involved in THESE hacks. Sounds
>>     more like spoofing instrument readings to cause downstream machinery
>>     to run wild until it broke.
> 
> Steppers faded away in the '70s. Mostly. Never underestimate the use of
> obsolete tech in US infrastructure.

   Nothing wrong with steppers ...

   Even a lot of current tech - in the end
   it's running steppers. It's how mechanical
   stuff gets DONE in a quasi-quantifiable
   fashion.

   Or do you think DC/PWM gets it done ?
   Done that - NOT especially precise.

   At some point, 'software' has to translate
   into 'real world'. Best Dreams don't work
   valves and machines at the water plant.