Monday, November 9, 2009

Hacking to turn off the lights

CBS News is reporting that several power outages in Brazil over the past several years were the result of hackers taking control of the power grid. This was part of a "60 Minutes" segment on cyber warfare. The scary part (the main thrust of the 60 Minutes segment) is that much of the U.S. power grid may also be vulnerable.

Chers,
Dave

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B.Sc. ('78) and M.Sc. ('80) in Math from Ohio State followed by 12 yrs at TRW and a variety of software development positions since then. Currently living in Colorado and enjoying "trial retirement". For fun I climb mountains in the summer and ski down them in the winter, fix gourmet food and have an excellent wine cellar.