Apparently, it only takes a day or so to hack the power grid

That’s in the U.S., mind you…but really, can it be any more secure in ? The level of access gained was sufficiently high as to enable, should the attack have been by malicious persons rather than security consultants, a power distribution shutdown.

You know, at the end of the day, the business comes down to this: yes, there are brilliant and malicious people out there trying to cause all manner of harm and chaos. That they do not is a testament only to the fact that on this side, there are people who are slightly more brilliant.

~ by Kenneth on April 10, 2008.

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