'Cyber Event' Disrupted US Grid Networks (eenews.net) 55
A "cyber event" interrupted grid operations in parts of the western United States last month, according to a cryptic report posted by the Department of Energy. From a report: The March 5 incident lasted from 9 a.m. until nearly 7 p.m. but didn't lead to a power outage, based on a brief summary of the electric disturbance report filed by the victim utility. If remote hackers interfered with grid networks in California, Utah and Wyoming, as the DOE filing suggests, the event would be unprecedented. A cyberattack is not known to have ever disrupted the flow of electricity anywhere in the United States, though Russian hackers briefly cut off power to parts of Ukraine in 2015 and again in 2016. DOE uses a broad definition of "cyber event," describing it as any disruption to an electrical system or grid communication network "caused by unauthorized access" to hardware, software or data. That leaves open the possibility that a utility employee or trespasser, rather than a remote hacker, triggered the March 5 event.
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no, probably more likely an early 1980s portable computer
Attn: Plant supervisor (Score:5, Funny)
Dear Plant Superviser. I am Vice President of Oprations of the company that owns the power plant you control. Tomorrow we shedule planned downtime from 9 AM for to 7 PM. To test our customers to withstand a significant power outage, to be prepare for natural disasters.
Please terminate all power from plant tomorrow 09:00 until 7 PM, per my authorized.
Thanks to you,
Vice President of Operations,
Company owning your power plant
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nope. There are no articles in russian. You have too many "the".
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It's not supposed to be Russian English - it's a parody of the kind of e-mails you get from IT operations support outsourced to the cheapest vendor in India or Philippines.
Skwerls disrupt grid more than cyber-whatnot. (Score:5, Funny)
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No, you assume an attack when none was stated. The event doesn't have to be deliberate to be a "cyber event", it could be, for example, a fucked up routing table or a certificate problem that dropped a leg of a VPN. Neither of those are a cyber attack, but if they disabled part of the control network, they're clearly cyber events, as opposed to weather events or hardware failures.
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It's actually hedgehogs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
We had .... (Score:5, Funny)
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blaming __AMERICAN INDIAN__ hackers
Those tomahawks are sharp. Hold on to your scalp!
Physical Attacks and Vandalism may have followed (Score:2)
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There was no physical attack and/or vandalism reported in Converse County, WY.
Almost certainly just tweaker copper theft attempts, but they have to be reported. The other counties are huge, and almost certainly are totally unrelated events.
Cyber Event (Score:3)
Re: Cyber Event (Score:3)
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Lol - if only you knew. Bubble gum and tape.
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Other than me, most of the ACs are russian trolls. As usual. But on this thread there are LOTS. Wonder why...
"Everyone who disagress with me is a Russian troll." - NPC alert! NPC alert!
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Either way, it's crazy to think that some cybersex disrupted the US grid.
Did you know that the US government actually has a "US Cyber Command"? It's hilarious to say the least that there's a government cyber sex organization.
'Cyber Event' disrupted US grid networks does it? (Score:1)
“If remote hackers interfered with grid networks in California, Utah and Wyoming, as the DOE filing suggests, the event would be unprecedented”
In January 2003, the Slammer worm knocked out the 911 service. In August 2003 there was the great North American Blackout. caused by SCADA systems freezing because of a Windows worm. ref [schneier.com] ref [computerworld.com]
"Russian hackers briefly cut off power to parts of Ukraine in 2015 and again in 2016."
No they didn't, local saboteurs blew-up a substation, it's only the US that conne