Utility hacking

[TonyM]

Updated story

Russian operation hacked a Vermont utility, showing risk to U.S. electrical grid security, officials say

While the Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt
operations, according to officials who spoke on the condition of
anonymity to discuss a security matter, the discovery underscores the
vulnerabilities of the nation’s electrical grid. And it raises fears in
the U.S. government that Russian government hackers are actively trying
to penetrate the grid to carry out potential attacks.

Officials in government and the utility industry regularly monitor the grid
because it is highly computerized and any disruptions can have
disastrous implications for the country’s medical and emergency
services.

Burlington Electric said in a statement that the
company detected a malware code used in the Grizzly Steppe operation in a
laptop that was not connected to the organization’s grid systems. The
firm said it took immediate action to isolate the laptop and alert
federal authorities.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world...6f_story.html?

[Oscar Wilde]

I can't make a phone call or send an email that isn't scanned for suspect verbiage and I'm to believe that, somehow, Russian malware found it's way onto some gubmnt pogue's laptop, that wasn't connected to anything but caused lights to flicker and briefly dim all throughout the free world and in response "we're" to consider a preemptive first strike?

Sounds about right ....

"Burlington Electric said in a statement that the
company detected a malware code used in the Grizzly Steppe operation in a
laptop that was not connected to the organization’s grid systems."

Could it be, there is also Russian porn on that laptop?

O.W.