"We have information that cyberattacks have been used to disrupt power equipment in several regions outside the U.S.," [CIA guy Tom] Donahue said. "In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities."Larisa Alexandrovna brings up an interesting point. In 2006, the Department of Homeland Security launched an exactly similar cyber attack "exercise" called Cyberstorm.
Only a cynic would suggest that DHS might have had something to do with the real-world incidents referenced in our first paragragh.
Take note: The imaginary bad guys in the DHS scenario were -- bloggers. Yeah. The geniuses at Homeland Security -- the guys who have left our ports unguarded all these years -- believe that we blogland yak-yak-yakkers possess both the desire and the hacking abilities to take down a power station.
Then again, if you can figure out the Blogger.com interface, you may be ready for any challenge...
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One of the many reasons to ban electronic voting machines AND tabulators (such as optiscanners) is that a power outage would be all that is required to suspend an election. This can be accomplished from within or without the country. The current system of voting is not only unverifiable, but fragile. As it stands, we have very little confidence in the results, and things could get much, much worse. We must get back to handcounted paper ballots. I have counted them in the past as an election judge, and that system works!
Joseph wrote:
"Then again, if you can figure out the Blogger.com interface, you may be ready for any challenge..."
I heard that! ;)
Very scary. (Dear Homeland Security: NOT CUTE. Or subtle.)
I've seen many reports that the preponderance of cyber attacks on the Pentagon and other such national security institutions originate from Israel.
That is a little different matter from infrastructure and grid cyber attacks, but they could be cut from the same cloth.
...sofla
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