Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack

Re:Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack by arkadiyt on Sunday September 08, 2019 @04:30PM (#20913217)

There's a bill in congress (the "Securing Energy Infrastructure Act") that would pilot a program to move the most important control systems to use analog, manual controls.

Text of bill (pdf): https://www.king.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/01-17-19%20Securin...

Article summary: https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-wants-to-isolate-power-grid...

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Re:Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack by bsder on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:17PM (#20913783)

Oh, joy. So it can take us days to reboot a grid blackout instead of minutes.

And analog is generally slower on the other end as well. So, if I can create a fast traveling disturbance, I can destroy your equipment before the analog system kicks in.

The problem isn't digital vs analog--it's connecting !@#$ to the Internet that doesn't belong on it.

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Re:Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack by kylek on Sunday September 08, 2019 @06:43PM (#20913861)

Should've called it the Galactica Act

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