[1]Hacking The Electric Grid Is Damned Hard:
Difficult isn't the same as impossible, Suh-Lee told me. Depending
on where an attack happened and how people responded, you could get
the stuff of our nightmares. Lawrence repeatedly invoked the phrase
"knock on wood" as he talked about the possibility of infiltrations
of electric infrastructure turning into real-world blackouts. That's
why there's a lot of effort going into research, monitoring and
preparation for cyberattacks. Lawrence's team, for instance, is
gearing up for [2]an event that's held every other year and is sort
of like war games for the electric grid. And the Department of
Energy is planning a similar event, focused on figuring out [3]what
it takes to reboot after a hacker-caused blackout.
But that preparation doesn't mean we'll eventually solve this
problem, either, Suh-Lee said. If the chances of a cinematic
disaster are low, the chances of a theatrical hero on a white horse
riding in to save the day are even lower. Making the grid stronger
and more resilient also means making it more digital - the work
that's being done to improve the infrastructure has also created new
opportunities for hackers to break in. And the risk of attack is
here to stay. Security improvements are "never going to completely
eliminate the risk," she said. "The risk is out there and people
will find a new way to attack." We'll be living with cyber threats
to the grid for the rest of our lives.
(Via [4]Features - FiveThirtyEight)
Press around the North America electrical grid and security is often
hyperbolic. Maggie Koerth-Baker typically writes in a measured way so I
appreciate this article adding a little bit of reason into the
diaspora.
Also on:
[5]Twitter
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My original entry is here: [6]Hacking The Electric Grid Is Damned Hard.
It posted Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:57:33 +0000.
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References
1.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hacking-the-electric-grid-is-damned-hard/
2.
https://www.nerc.com/pa/CI/CIPOutreach/Pages/GridEX.aspx
3.
https://www.eenews.net/stories/1060092675
4.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/feed/
5.
https://twitter.com/TokyoGringo/status/1029367429900775430
6.
https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=1462
