It has been like that since the 90s. At Stanford we had a sysadmin track down a warez site to our HP logic analyzer. Everything at Stanford in the 90s had a public IP address (at least in EE).
I have a 16702A, which includes a front panel LCD and keyboard console. It's a beast.
[1] https://www.keysight.com/us/en/product/16700A/logic-analysis...