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User ID: 63304242 United States 09/10/2015 08:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? This is a very real possibility - just for fun, start reading Tweets from hardcore jihadis, hacking and cyber-attacks are one of their favorite subjects (next to beheading and goat intimacy). It can't hurt to be prepared for short term off-grid living at any rate, if not simply for weather events and the like. Our system is not invulnerable, by any means. Good catch , MW! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59866150 United States 09/10/2015 08:42 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? This is a very real possibility - just for fun, start reading Tweets from hardcore jihadis, hacking and cyber-attacks are one of their favorite subjects (next to beheading and goat intimacy). Quoting: Shut Up Meg It can't hurt to be prepared for short term off-grid living at any rate, if not simply for weather events and the like. Our system is not invulnerable, by any means. Good catch , MW! Thanks, Meg! |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59866150 United States 09/10/2015 08:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? [link to www.offthegridnews.com] Gannett and USA Today reporters analyzed federal energy records and found that a cyber or physical attack takes place so often – nearly 100 times a year – that government officials and grid experts are growing increasingly concerned that it’s just a matter of time before an attack is successful. The March (2015) analysis by USA Today and more than 10 Gannett newspapers and TV stations drew from “thousands of pages of government records, federal energy data and a survey of more than 50 electric utilities.” Last year, a federal report found that if just nine of the nation’s 55,000 substations failed or were sabotaged, the entire nation would suffer a blackout for weeks, if not months. Members of the EMP Commission that reported to Congress found that if the grid is down for one year, 70-90 percent of the US — between 200 million and 285 million Americans — would die due to starvation, a lack of medical supplies, and civil unrest. One big reason an attack would do so much damage is because there are no backup parts to much of the system; they’re custom made, and it can take weeks or months to replace them. |
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Trollicus Apocalyptus User ID: 64211586 United States 09/10/2015 09:02 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? The power grid is not as vulnerable as you might think. Not anymore. [link to www.ferc.gov] "Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one and indivisible." [link to www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us] |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 65830168 United States 09/10/2015 09:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? [link to www.usatoday.com] USA TODAY has obtained through the Freedom of Information Act dire news about ongoing cyber attacks within the Department of Energy. The cyber attacks have enabled a breach of information, but most dire of all is the hacker obtains the ability to do anything within the Department of Energy. The Power Grid is a sitting duck, and we have to accept we could lose everything due to this fact. It could happen anytime, and we can only imagine what our world will be like. For those of you off the grid, you should be proud of yourselves, and please pray for those of us still in the system. What I do not understand is how have we avoided a Nationwide blackout thus far...that is if it can happen so easily? LINK: Cyber attackers successfully compromised the security of U.S. Department of Energy computer systems more than 150 times between 2010 and 2014, according to a review of federal records obtained by USA TODAY. Incident reports submitted by federal officials and contractors since late 2010 to the Energy Department's Joint Cybersecurity Coordination Center shows a near-consistent barrage of attempts to breach the security of critical information systems that contain sensitive data about the nation's power grid, nuclear weapons stockpile and energy labs. The records, obtained by USA TODAY through the Freedom of Information Act, show DOE components reported a total of 1,131 cyberattacks over a 48-month period ending in October 2014. Of those attempted cyber intrusions, 159 were successful Its just a scare tactic. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 67846933 Switzerland 09/10/2015 09:04 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? Joo-SA today is conditioning sheeple for another inside job. Is there any way you can prevent an inside job? With this puppet regime in the Joo-SA, nope when they're ready they will pull the plug and tards be like 'russia did it' |
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User ID: 70268742 Netherlands 09/10/2015 09:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? There is a pretty easy fix for that. Seems to me to be a no-brainer. If this is any problem at all especially at nuclear plants... WHY are the systems connected to the internet in the first place? Can't hack it from the internet if it isn't hooked up to the internet. Apparently most of the people that run anything important in this country are idiots! They need to have these systems completely stand alone and heavily shielded from EMP. And I say that because anyone with half a brain knows that a Carrington-like event is going to happen sooner or later. Unless it's because they full well know that if another Carrington-like event happens we are all doomed anyway. Think about it, all the nuke plants will melt down, hundreds of Fukushima-like events. Sure, many will survive such an event short term and possibly long term. But what will fail at a relatively low threshold is the human races ability to reproduce. And just about everything else on the planet. "Everybody lies." |
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Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59866150 United States 09/10/2015 09:09 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? They should keep critical controls inaccessible from outside their intranet. No wireless connections in that net either. Problem solved. it's all b.s. if they wanted to make this stuff safe they could. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 45272837 That is the bottom line, and they simply do not care, as the rich have their island homes. |
Shut Up Meg
User ID: 63304242 United States 09/10/2015 09:22 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? There is a pretty easy fix for that. Quoting: G. House Seems to me to be a no-brainer. If this is any problem at all especially at nuclear plants... WHY are the systems connected to the internet in the first place? Can't hack it from the internet if it isn't hooked up to the internet. Apparently most of the people that run anything important in this country are idiots! They need to have these systems completely stand alone and heavily shielded from EMP. And I say that because anyone with half a brain knows that a Carrington-like event is going to happen sooner or later. Unless it's because they full well know that if another Carrington-like event happens we are all doomed anyway. Think about it, all the nuke plants will melt down, hundreds of Fukushima-like events. Sure, many will survive such an event short term and possibly long term. But what will fail at a relatively low threshold is the human races ability to reproduce. And just about everything else on the planet. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 59866150 United States 09/10/2015 09:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? There is a pretty easy fix for that. Quoting: G. House Seems to me to be a no-brainer. If this is any problem at all especially at nuclear plants... WHY are the systems connected to the internet in the first place? Can't hack it from the internet if it isn't hooked up to the internet. Apparently most of the people that run anything important in this country are idiots! They need to have these systems completely stand alone and heavily shielded from EMP. And I say that because anyone with half a brain knows that a Carrington-like event is going to happen sooner or later. Unless it's because they full well know that if another Carrington-like event happens we are all doomed anyway. Think about it, all the nuke plants will melt down, hundreds of Fukushima-like events. Sure, many will survive such an event short term and possibly long term. But what will fail at a relatively low threshold is the human races ability to reproduce. And just about everything else on the planet. This makes me so mad...they don't care. They will go into seclusion and come out when everyone else is dead. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 56144605 United States 09/10/2015 09:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? My question is: if all of this is true, then why has this Country kept from having a Nationwide blackout? Quoting: ^^Mountain Woman^^ could be a demonstration of ability to take down the grid but, they are using it to blackmail the govt. or it's the samson option if AI ever takes over as a hostile force |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 56144605 United States 09/10/2015 09:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? They should keep critical controls inaccessible from outside their intranet. No wireless connections in that net either. Problem solved. it's all b.s. if they wanted to make this stuff safe they could. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 45272837 That is the bottom line, and they simply do not care, as the rich have their island homes. islands are not any safer when you think about tsunamis and mudslides |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 70249401 United States 09/10/2015 09:56 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? The energy grid has been designed to fail. A "smart grid", is even more fail/ even more vulnerable. They want a massive black out, to achieve their depopulation Agenda. An EMP, or a blackout lasting more then 3 months, would see millions upon millions, upon millions of people dead. |
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User ID: 60863762 United States 09/10/2015 10:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? This is a very real possibility - just for fun, start reading Tweets from hardcore jihadis, hacking and cyber-attacks are one of their favorite subjects (next to beheading and goat intimacy). Quoting: Shut Up Meg It can't hurt to be prepared for short term off-grid living at any rate, if not simply for weather events and the like. Our system is not invulnerable, by any means. Good catch , MW! i'm sure those high tech third world cave dwelling murica haters have all the latest hacking tools to take down the worlds strongest and most powerful nation..... Last Edited by 1-2-Follow on 09/10/2015 10:16 AM Articles and "news" from liberal media shall now be known as catnip for libtards. Truth is schilling in the empire of retards. "Yep but for now we dub you toast guy." - AC520845 *PROCLAIMED PROPHET OF THE DOW* ® Let me know when the climate STOPS changing, then i'll be worried. |
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Forum Administrator User ID: 22251333 United States 09/10/2015 10:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: UPDATE: BY AN ELECTRICIAN/ USA TODAY obtained news about our Nation's power grid. If this information is true, how have we avoided a blackout? There is a pretty easy fix for that. Quoting: G. House Seems to me to be a no-brainer. If this is any problem at all especially at nuclear plants... WHY are the systems connected to the internet in the first place? Can't hack it from the internet if it isn't hooked up to the internet. Apparently most of the people that run anything important in this country are idiots! They need to have these systems completely stand alone and heavily shielded from EMP. And I say that because anyone with half a brain knows that a Carrington-like event is going to happen sooner or later. Unless it's because they full well know that if another Carrington-like event happens we are all doomed anyway. Think about it, all the nuke plants will melt down, hundreds of Fukushima-like events. Sure, many will survive such an event short term and possibly long term. But what will fail at a relatively low threshold is the human races ability to reproduce. And just about everything else on the planet. “We have assembled the most extensive and inclusive Voter Fraud Organization in the history of America”—Joe “SippyCup” Biden Joe Biden will never be the man Michelle Obama is The worst thing about dying is that you become a democratic voter for eternity |