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FOIA request for Google hack returns details on electric grid security [2014]
- daveloyall 11y agoContains a video of what appears to be a diesel generator being controlled by computer and caused to shake violently and spew enough smoke to obscure it from view.
- plorg 11y agoI can't edit the URL, but a more narrative story is here: http://www.securityweek.com/dhs-mistakenly-releases-840-pages-critical-infrastructure-documents-mishandled-fioa-request http://www.securityweek.com/dhs-mistakenly-releases-840-page... It details a research project demonstrating the ability to use protective relays in power systems to cause physical damage to those systems. Part of the vulnerability also lies in using low-power control buses (Modbus) and equipment that does not perform sanity checks to assure synchronous operation of the power systems.