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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Hackers in the electric grid? Meh-fear the dude
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Wed Oct 9 12:30:46 2013
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Hackers in the electric grid? Meh-fear the dude with the stolen tractor
http://j.mp/1cvMg8o (Ars Technica)
"Cyber security pundits and contractors can't seem to make it through a
presentation without invoking the specter of hackers shutting down the
US electric grid. That's certainly something to be concerned about,
especially if we end up at war with a country like China, but at the
moment actual incidents are hard to come by. Indeed, serious electric
grid vandalism remains comfortably old school-like climbing a 100-foot
high-voltage transmission tower and chopping through the cables with a
saw, then removing a few bolts from the bottom of the metal tower,
then attaching a half-inch thick cable to the tower with a 15 inch
eyebolt, and then pulling the cable across the adjacent Union Pacific
railroad track "in an apparent attempt to utilize a moving train to
bring down the tower." You know, old school."
- - -
Like I've been saying all along. One guy with a bit of dynamite (or a
tractor!) is much more likely to wreak havoc than the
cyberscare-industrial complex's bogeymen. But invoking the latter is
where the big bucks are, of course!
--Lauren--
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