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.
May be an interesting article, but
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This article could be from 2001 for all we know.
Until they step up, I consider it F**E NEWS.
What kind of fucking garbage is this …. If you could get any more made up$#%&!@*that would be great, come on.
Not really. Transformers have to be replaced, and they just don’t have anywhere near enough backups ready to do that. Do some private research. And put in your vegetable garden! They don’t teach kids that any more. When I was in grade school, the schools used to sell home garden kits so you could practice and learn how to feed yourself. America was healthiest during WWII, when meat and sugar we’re rationed and everyone had a victory garden.
Exactly
Now that is scary.
No worry Trump and Putin are best friends
True words
Best way to prevent cyber attacks? STOP FUCKING RUNNING EVERYTHING BY COMPUTERS THAT ARE ALL CONNECTED TO EVERYTHING ELSE!!!
Sure, it would be a tiny bit inconvenient, but how much MORE inconvenient would a massive long-term power outage be?
Don’t need this s**t
I believe Texas has
He is absolutely right, our power grid is vulnerable