Re: east coast powergrid / SCADA [OT?]

[KF <dotslash () snosoft com>]

gml wrote:

> Are you saying that Open Source software can save us from power grid
> "cascading failure"?
by no means at all... it would however be kinda interesting if blaster 
was the
cause . I was only saying blaster info has my box stuffed 3 times full 
and wanna
hear about something else. The intent was to have a good conversation like
ALudwig () Calfingroup com has tryed to begin. =]

>  Heh, I sure hope they weren't running any GNU software 
> On anything important. 
yeah I would assume backdoors of any sort in SCADA based systems would
be something one would want to pay attention to... be it GNU or M$.

> Actually I heard that it was a lightning strike in
> Canada that hit a transformer and overloaded the grid causing the others to
> Break and that's the problem.  Maybe it's really Canada aboot to start a war
> eh?
Quite possible... the city that the plant supposedly hit said "what 
fire... what lightning?"

=]

-KF

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> Subject: [Full-disclosure] east coast powergrid / SCADA [OT?]
>
> Anyone wanna comment on SCADA and the "cascading failure" that happened 
> today in the north east, like potential for a similar outage from a 
> "cyber based" attack, etc? 
>
> Sorry ... I need to read about something other than blaster before I go 
> insane. =]
> -KF
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