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There was an old article in Omni in the late 80s or early 90s that claimed if you did a coordinated attack on only 6 transformer stations across the US, it woul
by secabeen 9y ago
There was an old article in Omni in the late 80s or early 90s that claimed if you did a coordinated attack on only 6 transformer stations across the US, it would take down the whole grid for months. Given that they've never caught the people behind the Metcalfe attack, I do wonder if it's still possible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metcalf_sniper_attack
- jayess 9y agoThat event still creeps me out. Clearly a sophisticated attack. Penetration testing? Dry run?
- hwillis 9y agoHanlon's razor, eg Max Headroom[1]. Just a couple smart idiots with enough intelligence to override a network signal (a hell of a feat, from what I've gathered) and enough stupidity to use that to moon thousands of people. The US is full of militias. All you really need is for one to happen to have a cop/ex-cop and a telecom/electrical guy in the same one, and you get this. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_...