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Security holes in power grid have federal officials scrambling
LA Times ^ | April 7, 2014 | Evan Halper

Posted on 04/16/2014 12:42:41 PM PDT by george76

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To: Lmo56

I commend dedicated point to point Ethernet to my customers for that purpose. Better bandwidth and the costs have dropped dramatically on those in the last few years.


21 posted on 04/16/2014 4:00:32 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: mabarker1

I doubt it. They have done diddly squat about chaos all along the border between the USA and Mexico.


22 posted on 04/16/2014 4:21:42 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Jane Long
I 'was' silly...neglected my </sarc> tag :)

Exactamundo, however!

23 posted on 04/16/2014 5:05:00 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: onedoug
“We have top men working on that right now.”

Al Czervik to the rescue!

24 posted on 04/16/2014 6:58:08 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (No $#@t there I was...)
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To: george76

Might wanna give securing the southern border some thought......


25 posted on 04/16/2014 7:43:41 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (The media must be defeated any way it can be done.)
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To: greeneyes

Yeah but that would cut into dingy’s cash flow from town


26 posted on 04/16/2014 8:19:48 PM PDT by mabarker1 (Please, Somebody Impeach the kenyan!!!!)
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To: george76

” a cyberterrorist with a little knowledge and the right laptop can gain that access and cause chaos in a regional power system merely by linking up with the control panel at a secluded electric vehicle charging station. “

‘Scuze me while I chuckle over THIS one ....


27 posted on 04/16/2014 8:25:08 PM PDT by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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To: george76

” Those sorts of warnings, along with vivid demonstrations of the grid’s vulnerability, such as an incident a year ago in which unknown assailants fired on a power station near San Jose, nearly knocking out electricity to Silicon Valley, have grabbed official attention. “

Duh.

Every inch of ‘line’ is ‘unguarded’ too; someone, some company is ‘rent seeking’ with these so-called reports.

Watch closely for ‘brother-in-law’ deals to be struck and political kick-backs as well. (Follow the money!)


28 posted on 04/16/2014 8:27:46 PM PDT by _Jim (Conspiracy theories are the favored tools of the weak-minded.)
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To: mabarker1

Wouldn’t matter feudal lord dingy must have his way, no toleration of peons failing to snap to and obey. How dare they have the audacity of saying NO.

Little men like dingy can’t take that and retaliation blinds them till they get their revenge.


29 posted on 04/16/2014 9:55:57 PM PDT by greeneyes (Moderation in defense of your country is NO virtue. Let Freedom Ring.)
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To: Kartographer

Heck if China gets it’s solar throughout the US it will have access to the grid.....and could use it as an antenna to “hear” and “Monitor” what it wants of our military....


30 posted on 04/16/2014 11:13:50 PM PDT by caww
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To: onedoug

“They” have known about these weaknesses for years, maybe decades. It costs MONEY to fix them properly and the Utilities and the Government don’t want to spend that money. Each for their own reasons.

Now that the info is out they need to “Do Something” that should have been in the works a long, long time ago.


31 posted on 04/17/2014 6:19:36 AM PDT by The Working Man
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To: george76
If I could write a tool that does this, you can be sure a nation state or someone with more resources could already has.

There, fixed it.

32 posted on 04/17/2014 6:54:53 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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