{"id":522591,"date":"2026-08-27T12:17:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522591"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:17:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T16:17:44","slug":"cybersecurity-expert-says-outdated-technology-can-sometimes-be-safer-from-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/technology\/cybersecurity-expert-says-outdated-technology-can-sometimes-be-safer-from-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cybersecurity expert says outdated technology can sometimes be safer from hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A renowned cybersecurity expert has spent years using <strong>obsolete email software<\/strong> for an unexpected reason: hackers may simply have forgotten about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finnish cybersecurity expert Mikko Hypp\u00f6nen chose the discontinued email program <strong>Eudora<\/strong> instead of mainstream services such as Gmail or Hotmail. He describes the approach as <strong>\u201csecurity by antiquity\u201d<\/strong>, or \u201csecurity by obsolescence\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The idea is that cybercriminals, who typically target widely used and profitable systems, may have little incentive to attack technology used by only a small number of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Hypp\u00f6nen stresses that <strong>keeping software updated and fully patched remains the best security practice<\/strong>. The strategy of relying on obsolete technology only works in specific circumstances and is not generally recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A similar approach has been seen in aviation. Ireland\u2019s aviation authorities decided to keep some <strong>older ground-based radio navigation systems<\/strong> in operation because modern GPS systems can be vulnerable to electronic jamming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The unusual concept highlights a counterintuitive cybersecurity principle: <strong>sometimes, technology that has been forgotten by everyone else can also be overlooked by hackers.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A renowned cybersecurity expert has spent years using obsolete email software for an unexpected reason: hackers may simply have forgotten about it. Finnish cybersecurity expert Mikko Hypp\u00f6nen chose the discontinued email program Eudora instead of mainstream services such as Gmail or Hotmail. He describes the approach as \u201csecurity by antiquity\u201d, or \u201csecurity by obsolescence\u201d. 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