Could China Hack Our Electric Grid? Joe Biden Just Made It Easier.

[excalibur]

Traitor Joe©™ and the DemonRats doing everything in their power to harm America.

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Secret “back doors” in transformers and generators imported from such adversaries as China and Russia could enable those countries to shut down the entire national electric grid, throwing the entire country into chaos. ​

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Recognizing this threat, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 13929 [sic], declaring a national emergency with respect to the nation’s electric grid and prohibiting the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of such foreign adversaries.” In addition to China and Russia, the order identified North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela as “foreign adversaries.” ​

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The order was a shrewd and timely response to a growing threat. Unfortunately, that Executive Order has now been suspended. ​

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Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials had seized a Chinese-built transformer they suspected had been secret capabilities that could allow distant adversaries to monitor or even disable it. Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss told the Journal that officials had found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer (i.e., hardware back doors) that could secretly allow the Chinese to gain effective control of the transformers.” Weiss added that as far back as 2001, China was caught trying to hack into a U.S. grid in California. He further contends that the Russians have been “in” the U.S. grid since 2014. ​

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Losing control of the grid through remote computer access may not be the only problem, according to Tommy Waller, director of infrastructure security at the Center for Security Policy and the director of the Secure the Grid coalition of energy infrastructure experts. He worries about sensors, actuators and drives installed in imported equipment—even if they are not connected to the Internet. Such hardware, he notes, could be designed to sabotage the grid by sending bogus readings. ​

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So, while the suspension of the executive order is just for ninety days, Wallers wonders why it has been suspended at all. Leaving the grid vulnerable, he argues, could open “the floodgate to grid infrastructure” by countries hostile to America.​

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The DOE further noted that the threat to the grid is anything but hypothetical. Rather, it has “reason to believe, that the People’s Republic of China is equipped and actively planning to undermine the Nation’s bulk power system.”​

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In its rationale for the order, the DOE states that it has “determined that certain electric equipment or programmable components subject to China’s ownership, control, or influence, constitute an undue risk to the security of the BPS and to U.S. national security.” ​

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The prohibition order stated that the 250-ton Chinese-built transformer seized last year had “a military rationale for its disruption capabilities” and was “targeting operational systems that can be undermined as a way to degrade an opponent’s capabilities or to coerce an opponent’s decision-making or political will.” ​

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Could China Hack Our Electric Grid? Joe Biden Just Made It Easier.

The recent winter storm that crashed Texas’s electric grid brought untold suffering to tens of millions within the state. That calamity is but a small taste of the potential suffering that could be visited upon hundreds of millions by power breakdowns deliberately caused by imported equipment...

nationalinterest.org

 

[AFrench2]

They don't need to hack our grid. Just come to Texas and Abbott will shut it off for free.

 

[dudmuck]

Traitor Joe©™ and the DemonRats doing everything in their power to harm America.

​

Secret “back doors” in transformers and generators imported from such adversaries as China and Russia could enable those countries to shut down the entire national electric grid, throwing the entire country into chaos. ​

​

Recognizing this threat, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 13929, declaring a national emergency with respect to the nation’s electric grid and prohibiting the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of such foreign adversaries.” In addition to China and Russia, the order identified North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela as “foreign adversaries.” ​

​

The order was a shrewd and timely response to a growing threat. Unfortunately, that Executive Order has now been suspended. ​

​

Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials had seized a Chinese-built transformer they suspected had been secret capabilities that could allow distant adversaries to monitor or even disable it. Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss told the Journal that officials had found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer (i.e., hardware back doors) that could secretly allow the Chinese to gain effective control of the transformers.” Weiss added that as far back as 2001, China was caught trying to hack into a U.S. grid in California. He further contends that the Russians have been “in” the U.S. grid since 2014. ​

​

Losing control of the grid through remote computer access may not be the only problem, according to Tommy Waller, director of infrastructure security at the Center for Security Policy and the director of the Secure the Grid coalition of energy infrastructure experts. He worries about sensors, actuators and drives installed in imported equipment—even if they are not connected to the Internet. Such hardware, he notes, could be designed to sabotage the grid by sending bogus readings. ​

​

...​

​

So, while the suspension of the executive order is just for ninety days, Wallers wonders why it has been suspended at all. Leaving the grid vulnerable, he argues, could open “the floodgate to grid infrastructure” by countries hostile to America.​

​

...​

​

The DOE further noted that the threat to the grid is anything but hypothetical. Rather, it has “reason to believe, that the People’s Republic of China is equipped and actively planning to undermine the Nation’s bulk power system.”​

​

In its rationale for the order, the DOE states that it has “determined that certain electric equipment or programmable components subject to China’s ownership, control, or influence, constitute an undue risk to the security of the BPS and to U.S. national security.” ​

​

The prohibition order stated that the 250-ton Chinese-built transformer seized last year had “a military rationale for its disruption capabilities” and was “targeting operational systems that can be undermined as a way to degrade an opponent’s capabilities or to coerce an opponent’s decision-making or political will.” ​

​

...​

Could China Hack Our Electric Grid? Joe Biden Just Made It Easier.

The recent winter storm that crashed Texas’s electric grid brought untold suffering to tens of millions within the state. That calamity is but a small taste of the potential suffering that could be visited upon hundreds of millions by power breakdowns deliberately caused by imported equipment...

nationalinterest.org

executive order 13929 has nothing to do with electric grid, its for policing safe communities.

are you brain dead?

the order for power grid is 13920, and Biden is only temporarily suspending it for his energy secretary to review it. Besides, transformers are just mechanical parts, the control system are something completely different.

 

[excalibur]

executive order 13929 has nothing to do with electric grid, its for policing safe communities.

are you brain dead?

the order for power grid is 13920, and Biden is only temporarily suspending it for his energy secretary to review it. Besides, transformers are just mechanical parts, the control system are something completely different.

Listen, smart-ass, I quoted the article in the OP, I didn't author it. It is called a simple mistake anyway.

And there is zero excuse to have suspended 13920.

And you missed this part in the OP:

Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss told the Journal that officials had found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer (i.e., hardware back doors) that could secretly allow the Chinese to gain effective control of the transformers.” ​

 

[LeftofLeft]

Traitor Joe©™ and the DemonRats doing everything in their power to harm America.

​

Secret “back doors” in transformers and generators imported from such adversaries as China and Russia could enable those countries to shut down the entire national electric grid, throwing the entire country into chaos. ​

​

Recognizing this threat, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 13929, declaring a national emergency with respect to the nation’s electric grid and prohibiting the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of such foreign adversaries.” In addition to China and Russia, the order identified North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela as “foreign adversaries.” ​

​

The order was a shrewd and timely response to a growing threat. Unfortunately, that Executive Order has now been suspended. ​

​

Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials had seized a Chinese-built transformer they suspected had been secret capabilities that could allow distant adversaries to monitor or even disable it. Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss told the Journal that officials had found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer (i.e., hardware back doors) that could secretly allow the Chinese to gain effective control of the transformers.” Weiss added that as far back as 2001, China was caught trying to hack into a U.S. grid in California. He further contends that the Russians have been “in” the U.S. grid since 2014. ​

​

Losing control of the grid through remote computer access may not be the only problem, according to Tommy Waller, director of infrastructure security at the Center for Security Policy and the director of the Secure the Grid coalition of energy infrastructure experts. He worries about sensors, actuators and drives installed in imported equipment—even if they are not connected to the Internet. Such hardware, he notes, could be designed to sabotage the grid by sending bogus readings. ​

​

...​

​

So, while the suspension of the executive order is just for ninety days, Wallers wonders why it has been suspended at all. Leaving the grid vulnerable, he argues, could open “the floodgate to grid infrastructure” by countries hostile to America.​

​

...​

​

The DOE further noted that the threat to the grid is anything but hypothetical. Rather, it has “reason to believe, that the People’s Republic of China is equipped and actively planning to undermine the Nation’s bulk power system.”​

​

In its rationale for the order, the DOE states that it has “determined that certain electric equipment or programmable components subject to China’s ownership, control, or influence, constitute an undue risk to the security of the BPS and to U.S. national security.” ​

​

The prohibition order stated that the 250-ton Chinese-built transformer seized last year had “a military rationale for its disruption capabilities” and was “targeting operational systems that can be undermined as a way to degrade an opponent’s capabilities or to coerce an opponent’s decision-making or political will.” ​

​

...​

Could China Hack Our Electric Grid? Joe Biden Just Made It Easier.

The recent winter storm that crashed Texas’s electric grid brought untold suffering to tens of millions within the state. That calamity is but a small taste of the potential suffering that could be visited upon hundreds of millions by power breakdowns deliberately caused by imported equipment...

nationalinterest.org

executive order 13929 has nothing to do with electric grid, its for policing safe communities.

are you brain dead?

the order for power grid is 13920, and Biden is only temporarily suspending it for his energy secretary to review it. Besides, transformers are just mechanical parts, the control system are something completely different.

Why do you need to suspend a supply chain safety measure to review it? Think about it. There is no reason to suspend in order to review.

 

[Moonglow]

How do you have a back door on a transformer and is this transformer a step-up or a step down transformer?

 

[Moonglow]

The prohibition order stated that the 250-ton Chinese-built transformer seized last year had “a military rationale for its disruption capabilities”

how silly.

 

[Moonglow]

There is no centralized grid for power in the US..

 

[Claudette]

More bullshit from that stuttering fuck.

 

[Desperado]

Traitor Joe©™ and the DemonRats doing everything in their power to harm America.

​

Secret “back doors” in transformers and generators imported from such adversaries as China and Russia could enable those countries to shut down the entire national electric grid, throwing the entire country into chaos. ​

​

Recognizing this threat, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 13929 [sic], declaring a national emergency with respect to the nation’s electric grid and prohibiting the acquisition or installation of “any bulk-power electric equipment designed, developed, manufactured, or supplied, by persons owned by, controlled by, or subject to the jurisdiction of such foreign adversaries.” In addition to China and Russia, the order identified North Korea, Iran, Cuba and Venezuela as “foreign adversaries.” ​

​

The order was a shrewd and timely response to a growing threat. Unfortunately, that Executive Order has now been suspended. ​

​

Last year, the Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. officials had seized a Chinese-built transformer they suspected had been secret capabilities that could allow distant adversaries to monitor or even disable it. Cybersecurity expert Joseph Weiss told the Journal that officials had found “electronics that should not have been part of the transformer (i.e., hardware back doors) that could secretly allow the Chinese to gain effective control of the transformers.” Weiss added that as far back as 2001, China was caught trying to hack into a U.S. grid in California. He further contends that the Russians have been “in” the U.S. grid since 2014. ​

​

Losing control of the grid through remote computer access may not be the only problem, according to Tommy Waller, director of infrastructure security at the Center for Security Policy and the director of the Secure the Grid coalition of energy infrastructure experts. He worries about sensors, actuators and drives installed in imported equipment—even if they are not connected to the Internet. Such hardware, he notes, could be designed to sabotage the grid by sending bogus readings. ​

​

...​

​

So, while the suspension of the executive order is just for ninety days, Wallers wonders why it has been suspended at all. Leaving the grid vulnerable, he argues, could open “the floodgate to grid infrastructure” by countries hostile to America.​

​

...​

​

The DOE further noted that the threat to the grid is anything but hypothetical. Rather, it has “reason to believe, that the People’s Republic of China is equipped and actively planning to undermine the Nation’s bulk power system.”​

​

In its rationale for the order, the DOE states that it has “determined that certain electric equipment or programmable components subject to China’s ownership, control, or influence, constitute an undue risk to the security of the BPS and to U.S. national security.” ​

​

The prohibition order stated that the 250-ton Chinese-built transformer seized last year had “a military rationale for its disruption capabilities” and was “targeting operational systems that can be undermined as a way to degrade an opponent’s capabilities or to coerce an opponent’s decision-making or political will.” ​

​

...​

Could China Hack Our Electric Grid? Joe Biden Just Made It Easier.

The recent winter storm that crashed Texas’s electric grid brought untold suffering to tens of millions within the state. That calamity is but a small taste of the potential suffering that could be visited upon hundreds of millions by power breakdowns deliberately caused by imported equipment...

nationalinterest.org

The Question is not "Could China hack our Election Grid" but rather "Did China hack our Election Grid"

 

[Turtlesoup]

There is no centralized grid for power in the US..

doesn't have to be pumpkin--to knock out power---ask the people who live on the EAST coast when something happens to a different states power which causes them black outs.

 

[Moonglow]

There is no centralized grid for power in the US..

doesn't have to be pumpkin--to knock out power---ask the people who live on the EAST coast when something happens to a different states power which causes them black outs.

That only means they were tied into the grid.

 

[excalibur]

doesn't have to be pumpkin--to knock out power---ask the people who live on the EAST coast when something happens to a different states power which causes them black outs.

You're dealing with a not too bright person. Several East Coast blackouts occurred simply because of an overload far away, at least one time in Canada.