Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'

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Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'

Postby Copper Catcher » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:30 pm

About once every four days, part of the nation's power grid — a system whose failure could leave millions in the dark — is struck by a cyber or physical attack, a USA TODAY analysis of federal energy records finds.

Read more at: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015 ... /24892471/
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Re: Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'

Postby NDFarmer » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:36 pm

The sad thing is from what I understand our power grid could be protected from terrorist attacks and EMP's but we are doing nothing to protect our infrastructure.
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Re: Bracing for a big power grid attack: 'One is too many'

Postby Mossy » Tue Mar 24, 2015 1:57 pm

Too much of our infrastructure is the very definition of "soft target".
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