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Re: Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
From: Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler () aset com>
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 03:38:33 -0400
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Paul Ferguson wrote: <SNIP!>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html By Siobhan Gorman Technology Wall Street Journal April 8, 2009 WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials warned they could try during a crisis or war.
WOW! Thanks Fergie, I had not seen this one. Now, to my point in the "cyber-9/11" thread, I should note that I had said just about the same thing as reported in this article, and based completely independently from any information in this article (since I just now learned of its existence!): JK: "Likewise, a state actor could cause similar disruption. For example, should China, which clearly is conducting government / military cyber espionage / cyber reconnaissance attacks against U.S. interests, decide to militarily attack Taiwan and wanted to distract the U.S. from possible early intervention, it unquestionably has the resources, finances, and ability to launch a crippling cyber attack against U.S. critical infrastructure, possibly including military assets." Jon - -- Jon R. Kibler Chief Technical Officer Advanced Systems Engineering Technology, Inc. Charleston, SC USA o: 843-849-8214 c: 843-813-2924 (NEW!) s: 843-564-4224 http://www.linkedin.com/in/jonrkibler My PGP Fingerprint is: BAA2 1F2C 5543 5D25 4636 A392 515C 5045 CF39 4253 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkncVHkACgkQUVxQRc85QlProACfX5Sx0PEW7Bu82ZogBIsM7Ynv eNcAn2tpqNxMordO8gcGW4sOOkZOLW74 =wp1w -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ================================================== Filtered by: TRUSTEM.COM's Email Filtering Service http://www.trustem.com/ No Spam. No Viruses. Just Good Clean Email.
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- Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies Paul Ferguson (Apr 07)
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- Re: Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies Paul Ferguson (Apr 08)
- Re: Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies Robert Graham (Apr 08)
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- Re: Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies Paul Ferguson (Apr 08)
- Re: Fwd: [ISN] Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies Jon Kibler (Apr 08)