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SCADA Watch: AT&T Enters Smart Grid Sensor Business
From: Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:40:15 -0700
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via NetworkWorld. [snip] Now that the United States has committed $4.5 billion to implement so-called smart grid technology over its energy infrastructure, AT&T is trying to stay ahead of the curve by getting into the smart grid sensor business. AT&T Wednesday announced a deal with energy technology vendor Cooper Power Systems to jointly sell and market sensor devices that will be activated on smart grid power networks. The sensors will run over AT&T's wireless data network and AT&T says they will deliver "real-time performance data" to help utility companies "efficiently operate their electric grids, reduce the need for on-site inspection and identify and solve problems that could cause outages or increase system energy losses." [snip] More: http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/062409-att-smart-grid-sensor.html If AT&T manages to give your call detail records to the U.S. Government with a lawful warrant -- and get away with it -- imagine the scenarios surrounding "unusual power consumption"... - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.3 (Build 5003) wj8DBQFKQrlSq1pz9mNUZTMRAhH5AKCcYAVD/4nL/9uqCx29L9K9ELfMhgCglFXY CuldGRdp1NzH4V3JBp5Hgb4= =gOYM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawgster(at)gmail.com ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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