What would happen under the circumstances of a cyberattack targeted towards America? Would people go Mad Max crazy? In Ted Koppel’s book “Lights Out” he explains that if the power grid were to go down due to cyberattack, it would go down for not only days, but for weeks or even months resulting in millions of people dying due to mass starvation.
Recently, National Security Agency (NSA) Director Admiral Michael Rogers warned listeners at a cyber-security conference that the threat isn’t a matter of “if“ it will happen, but “when.“
He used the example in which hackers in Ukraine used the Black Energy cyber-weapon to knock out the lights on more than 200,000 people across the region.
While speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, he warned the audience that this will not be the “last we are going to see of this.“
Read more on page two to find out what NSA Director Rogers thinks is the best plan in order to stop any cyberattacks from occurring in the U.S.
Mike, pure BS you throw.
Joanne Jackson and that’s obama to a tee!!
Truth bomb!! People who’ve had to make do for months and years at a time will be the sole survivors! How sad that those in large cities and urban sprawls think that the government or anyone else will look after them if things go drastically wrong! Quit expecting everyone else to do for you when you need to human up and look after your own!
Yup hope so!!
No Dumbass….
The better question is why aren’t we guarding against this threat. It’s nothing new.
You just described Obama not Trump!!
Janet there are other threats to the grid, such as a tire that attack like the one in SAN Diego a few years ago or an EMP from a solar flare or the detonation of a nuclear device high in the atmosphere. Any of these things could knock out the grid for between six months and two years. People need to quit hoping the government will protect them and start preparing to take care of themselves.
Janet there are other threats to the grid, such as a direct attack like the one in San Diego a few years ago or an EMP from a solar flare or the detonation of a nuclear device high in the atmosphere. Any of these things could knock out the grid for between six months and two years. Most of the large power transformers for the grid are imported and we have no spares. People need to quit hoping the government will protect them and start preparing to take care of themselves.
Bill E. Lobdell…unless the gardner has a rifle, too…….. shoot out at the O.K. Garden…..lol