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Comments: 1 +- CIA Says Cyber Attackers Blacked Out Cities-> on Friday January 18 2008, @06:25PM Dotnaught
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Dotnaught writes "Cyber attackers it seems can reach the power grid. "We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States, of cyber intrusions into utilities, followed by extortion demands," CIA senior analyst Tom Donahue said at a New Orleans security conference. "We suspect, but cannot confirm, that some of these attackers had the benefit of inside knowledge. We have information that cyberattacks have been used to disrupt power equipment in several regions outside the United States. In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet." Is it time to invest in battery backup?"
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Incompetance (Score:2)
Does not incompetence come into play here?
What kind of turkey will put a production network remotely accessible to the internet? Darwin perhaps, but not sane. Certainly politically stupid, which is where it started.