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Re:Researchers Found They Could Hack Wind Farms by jobu on Thursday June 29, 2017 @02:55PM (#14665941)
> It wouldn't be stupendously difficult to take down a major transmission line or switchyard if you were determined.

It's actually ridiculously easy to take out power for large areas with a rifle - https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2016/09/26/jla-tho...

As for attacking the wind turbines, I would be much more worried about a malicious actor turning off the brakes during high winds - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucceQ3vS3zs

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