I haven't been much interested in news reporting over the last year or so but I do want to touch on this. Grid "vandalism" has been happening for a while. Especially over the last couple of years. I did post on it at one point because there were some things going on in terms of digital trading, and foreign and domestic financial clearing (also electronic).
Anyway. This kind of thing should not be disregarded entirely. If at all. In fact, I think it's really important to pay attention whenever it's brought up in any way.
For example, there was that attack on the Silicon Valley power station last year. Maybe a year and a half ago. That left the entire area without power for some time. Now the media reported it as vandalism. But the thing is that whomever did it knew precisely what to do and where to do it inside the power station. And they were in and out before the cops got there. These were pros. They weren't vandals.
Then you had the main Internet cable cut between Phoenix and Flagstaff. That was also an in and out job, too, and they knew right where to go and cut it. Again, the media reported it as vandalism.
And, then, again, somebody hit the main Internet between San Francisco Bay and Silcon Valley. That, too, was reported as vandalism.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/29434...-internet.html
Now that same report that said the FBI was investigating, but the FBI didn't seem to think it was "vandalism" at all, interestingly.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2...ored/29563899/
FBI website/statement -
https://www.fbi.gov/sanfrancisco/pre...-and-south-bay
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