Comments on: Chinese researchers show how the PRC “owns” the U.S. Power Grid http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/2009/09/14/chinese-researchers-show-how-the-prc-owns-the-us-power-grid/ dispositions of an enemy are ascertained by spies, and spies alone - Mei Yao-ch`en Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:58:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: InfoBore 48 « ubiwar . conflict in n dimensions http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/2009/09/14/chinese-researchers-show-how-the-prc-owns-the-us-power-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-2549 InfoBore 48 « ubiwar . conflict in n dimensions Thu, 17 Sep 2009 08:33:48 +0000 http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/?p=637#comment-2549 [...] cyber, infobore, internet, links Chinese Researchers Show How the PRC ‘Owns’ the US Power Grid – Jeff Carr, [...] [...] cyber, infobore, internet, links Chinese Researchers Show How the PRC ‘Owns’ the US Power Grid – Jeff Carr, [...]

]]> By: admin http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/2009/09/14/chinese-researchers-show-how-the-prc-owns-the-us-power-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-2520 admin Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:50:29 +0000 http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/?p=637#comment-2520 Hey Nart, always nice to hear from you. I also noticed a historical precedent in past research but I'm not an engineer and can't comment on how similar or different this new research is, however DHS apparently found it significant enough to begin work on mitigating the risk. Hey Nart, always nice to hear from you. I also noticed a historical precedent in past research but I’m not an engineer and can’t comment on how similar or different this new research is, however DHS apparently found it significant enough to begin work on mitigating the risk.

]]> By: Nart http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/2009/09/14/chinese-researchers-show-how-the-prc-owns-the-us-power-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-2513 Nart Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:06:48 +0000 http://intelfusion.net/wordpress/?p=637#comment-2513 This paper was available on March 16, 2009 yet New Scientist posts the article on September 11, 2009 -- not likely a coincidence. To me it looks like the paper simply took data (4941 nodes and 6594 edges) from a 1998 paper by Watts and Strogatz who got their data from a 1988 book by Phadke and Thorp. The conclusion that it is better to attack nodes under light load rather than those under heavily load to improve chanced of a cascading failure is interesting. But nothing remotely close to owning the power grid. This paper was available on March 16, 2009 yet New Scientist posts the article on September 11, 2009 — not likely a coincidence.

To me it looks like the paper simply took data (4941 nodes and 6594 edges) from a 1998 paper by Watts and Strogatz who got their data from a 1988 book by Phadke and Thorp.

The conclusion that it is better to attack nodes under light load rather than those under heavily load to improve chanced of a cascading failure is interesting.

But nothing remotely close to owning the power grid.

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