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Re: Cyberspies penetrate electrical grid

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____/ Philip on Wednesday 08 April 2009 17:50 : \____

> System details not mentioned, but you can probably guess what the
> primary source is.
> 
> "Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind
> software programs that could be used to disrupt the system"
> 
> "The espionage appeared pervasive across the United States and does not
> target a particular company or region"
> 
> "If we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on."
> 
> "water, sewage and other infrastructure systems also were at risk"
> 
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
> http://tech.yahoo.com/news/nm/20090408/tc_nm/us_cyberattack_usa_3

That would be (in)security through obscurity. People warned about this as early
as 2007 in the press (this issue specifically.. they use legacy proprietary
systems).

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