An unprecedented cyber attack struck us power utilities

[MindWars]

(Wired) – This week saw some aftershocks from recent revelations about a large-scale iOS hacking campaign. Brokers of so-called zero-day exploits—the kind that companies haven’t yet patched—have started charging more for Android hacks than iOS for the first time. And Apple finally released a statement that both criticized Google’s characterization of the attacks and downplayed the significance of the targeted surveillance of at least thousands of iPhone owners. We took a look at a bug in Supermicro hardware that could let hackers pull off a USB attack virtually. Google open-sourced its differential privacy tool, to help any company that crunches big data sets invade your privacy less in the process.
An Unprecedented Cyberattack Struck US Power Utilities



But nobody knew a thing ....... nobody heard a thing imagine that one........... go figure

 

[theHawk]

I fail to see how it is “unprecedented”. An exploit was hit, but nothing really happened.

 

[Natural Citizen]

This has been going on for the last few years all over the country. Many power stations have been sabatoged underground.

There's just been no mainstream reporting about it.

 

[Dekster]

"So far, I don't see any evidence that this was really targeted," said Reid Wightman, senior vulnerability analyst at industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos Inc. "This was probably just an automated bot that was scanning the internet for vulnerable devices, or some script kiddie," he said, using a term for an unskilled hacker.

Nevertheless, the case turned heads at multiple federal agencies, collectively responsible for keeping the lights on in the face of an onslaught of cyber and physical threats. The blind spots would have left grid operators in the dark for five-minute spans — not enough time to risk power outages but still posing a setback to normal operations. SECURITY: Report reveals play-by-play of first U.S. grid cyberattack
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One of the good things about the US grid being antiquated is that the control centers are there for convenience, not operational necessity. A failure in control center operations can be offset by manual overrides.

 

[RodISHI]

(Wired) – This week saw some aftershocks from recent revelations about a large-scale iOS hacking campaign. Brokers of so-called zero-day exploits—the kind that companies haven’t yet patched—have started charging more for Android hacks than iOS for the first time. And Apple finally released a statement that both criticized Google’s characterization of the attacks and downplayed the significance of the targeted surveillance of at least thousands of iPhone owners. We took a look at a bug in Supermicro hardware that could let hackers pull off a USB attack virtually. Google open-sourced its differential privacy tool, to help any company that crunches big data sets invade your privacy less in the process.
An Unprecedented Cyberattack Struck US Power Utilities



But nobody knew a thing ....... nobody heard a thing imagine that one........... go figure

It would not surprise me one bit if it isn't our own homegrown terrorists doing it for a buck or two. They make money when people get all riled up and demand that Congress get involved. They get Fed money to build and then collect the profits.

 

[MindWars]

I fail to see how it is “unprecedented”. An exploit was hit, but nothing really happened.

Me too LOL.......