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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery


Russians said to hack into Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid

The utility detected malware code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration. The Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt operations of the utility, according to officials, who say they aren't sure what the intentions of the Russians were.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont/2016/12/30/8fc90cc4-ceec-11e6-b8a2-8c2a61b0436f_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_electrichack-810pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.dd2515fa2f20

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

Russians said to hack into Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid

The utility detected malware code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration. The Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt operations of the utility, according to officials, who say they aren't sure what the intentions of the Russians were.

russian-hackers-penetrated-us-electricity-grid-through-a-utility-in-vermont

More fake news. The malware was discovered on a single laptop that wasn't even connected to the grid. Some dumb user apparently clicked on fish-bait, probably because he was using the computer for unintended purposes, end of story. Have a nice day.

K.

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery

I'd agree we don't need to call out the National Guard. Overblown is the nature of every damn headline in every damn publication today.

But hardly "fake." It is indeed a susceptibility, with both intent and a way in.

That it works because Americans are just that dump just makes the story sadder.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

How many millions do we spend on cyber-security ?

T^T

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
How many millions do we spend on cyber-security ?
T^T

Production Supervisor at my work: "We need to make the process as error-proof as possible so the operators don't make mistakes."

Me: Get rid of the operators with automation. That's the only way you're going to be able to error-proof any process that involves human interaction.

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or

How many millions do we spend on cyber-security ?

T^T

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
How many millions do we spend on cyber-security ?
T^T

For that utility, not enough, apparently.

Production Supervisor at my work: "We need to make the process as error-proof as possible so the operators don't make mistakes."

Me: Get rid of the operators with automation. That's the only way you're going to be able to error-proof any process that involves human interaction.