October 20, 201510 yr But at this point, failing. Myself and others have mentioned this many times, that we continue to ignore the very dangerously outdated power grid which is wide open to cyber attacks. We know that the Chinese have built replicas of U.S. electric and water facilities for the only reason to learn how to attack them. What if they decide to allow ISIS access to train? This remains a very dangerous problem that should have been fixed decades ago. ISIS is attacking the U.S. energy grid (and failing) - Oct. 15, 2015
October 20, 201510 yr I agree, that is a very very likely occurrence sometime in the future. I don't understand how or why these systems aren't at their most basic operation removed from online systems.
October 20, 201510 yr We taught the world a thing or two when we cyber attacked the Iranian centrifuges.
October 20, 201510 yr Author And lets not forget about the Russian hackers that could be bought. If they could take out the power for one or two large U.S. cities, or how about open all of the gates of a dam, lets say Hoover Dam, how much havoc would it cause before we could regain control? So far we have been lucky, they only have to be lucky once.
October 20, 201510 yr I discussed this scenario -- as well as bridges being demolished -- back in 1992 with a highly-decorated ex-marine who was my wife's grandfather. He said America's security was far too great for this to ever happen. He died of cancer a few years later. If only he was alive today...
October 21, 201510 yr Coincidentally tonight on NOVA the topic is CyberWar Threat: "Cyber weapons have the ability to inflict physical damage on factories, power plants, and pipelines" (Season 42 Episode 17). In the NKY/Cincy area it's on at 9:00 p.m. on Channel 14 However here is the PBS link for the entire episode. NOVA | CyberWar Threat
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