A closer look
The delicate backbone of global commerce is resting on the same operating system you used to play Space Cadet Pinball in 2004. A terrifying number of massive cargo ships, carrying billions of dollars of goods across international waters, still rely on deeply obsolete systems like Windows XP to run their engine management and navigation networks. Because upgrading proprietary maritime software is painfully expensive, the shipping industry just crosses its fingers and hopes no hacker realizes the supply chain is protected by a system Microsoft abandoned decades ago.
