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By: Joseph Kenny

Joseph Kenny — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:52:33 +0000

After the 60 mins report that aired nationally, I was alarmed at the status of the National Power grids weakness. I am sure that the secrecy you cited were legitimate above, yet seemed to lack another crucial element. That of an organised crime syndicate, or “quasi-military” organization being “rented” out to perform these very same tasks. If it were true, then for example: Iran could hire former Soviet NKVD/KGB, or Muslim dissadents (jihadists), or S. American Cartels-whom all possess the fiscal resources you alluded that the other groups needed. So in essence, if the Privately Held Public companies that are “safe-guarding” our power grids are not being forced to “secure” themselves, can our Gov’t use “National Security Intersts” as a policy of forcing their hands? Can we “threaten them with a -gasp- Socialist (eek!) takeover-in the name of National Security? I fear not, yet it seems as if that is the MOST plausible solution. These compnaies have NO interest in the security of their systems. Its directly more of the case you stae in your last paragraph in the above article-impetus to change , post disaster. There is no economic incentive for the companies to impliment a change in their policies-until the bottom line of their corporate profits are effected. Threatening them with a socialist style National takeover would force them to realise that what they have can easily be taken away from them, and in both situations they stand to lose billions.

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InfoBore 69 « ubiwar | conflict in n dimensions — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 08:12:28 +0000

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By: admin

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:57:37 +0000

That’s the point of the exercise, Matt. Ask me again in two months time.

By: Matthew Wollenweber

Matthew Wollenweber — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 22:23:51 +0000

Could you point to a specific example citing a US power grid blackout’s caused by hackers? I’m unaware of any major blackouts in the last few years and am entirely unaware of any US blackouts caused by hackers. The closest case is the vague WSJ article from earlier this year – but no blackouts were cited.