National power grid down one month......Lord of the Flies?

[mthrockmor]

The danger is real. The biggest issue is hackers. China is a real threat.

The threat is real, the scenario is hugely ugly. We'll see what happens.

https://emptaskforce.us/

[MiloMorai]

One of the biggest service providers in Canada, Rogers, went down almost 2 weeks ago. Rogers said it was their fault but could just have been a hack by China, Russia or some other State.

[icepac]

If your power systems are not on the net, they cannot be hacked.   

Power companies eliminated many jobs by using internet connections.   
The savings at the price of more risk will seem stupid in the future.

[Eagler]

If your power systems are not on the net, they cannot be hacked.   

Power companies eliminated many jobs by using internet connections.   
The savings at the price of more risk will seem stupid in the future.

Matter of time

Son is cisco cyper security...hacks happen all the time on various businesses from around the globe

Not if but when..

Eagler

[Spikes]

Matter of time

Not at all. If they are not connected to the outside world, they can only be accessed from within.

[decoy]

It wasn't the power grid, but about a year ago in north Georgia a cell phone switching station lost power and the backup generator failed.  Everybody in Georgia north of Macon (about the middle of state) lost cell phone service. People went NUTS.

I can't imagine if Georgia Power's grid went down.

[Shuffler]

It wasn't the power grid, but about a year ago in north Georgia a cell phone switching station lost power and the backup generator failed.  Everybody in Georgia north of Macon (about the middle of state) lost cell phone service. People went NUTS.

I can't imagine if Georgia Power's grid went down.

OH NOOOOOOS  blind peaches. 

[guncrasher]

OH NOOOOOOS  blind peaches. 

for 6 days a couple of weeks ago I had almost no data service. was driving me nuts. on the local Facebook group others posted the same thing.  finally I called spectrum the lady was very nice, did everything she could think of.  finally she said last resort it's to change Sim card. next day I drove to their store,  half way I stopped for a soda and noticed data was working,  turned on youtube was perfect turned around as I got close to my house data stopped. I kept driving 2 miles south data started working.  around 2 miles from my house data was bad.  next day back to normal.  called phone company, I got a bs excuse that everything was working normal.  people on Facebook reported data came back at same time as me.

crap happens wish they had been honest.


semp

[AKIron]

One Second After was a pretty good read.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765356864

[Eagler]

Not at all. If they are not connected to the outside world, they can only be accessed from within.

So they don't use email?

How do you think most get in?

Most systems are not as secure as they think they are

Eagler

[CptTrips]

It wasn't the power grid, but about a year ago in north Georgia a cell phone switching station lost power and the backup generator failed.  Everybody in Georgia north of Macon (about the middle of state) lost cell phone service. People went NUTS.

I can't imagine if Georgia Power's grid went down.

[guncrasher]

we wouldn't have had this song.

[https://youtu.be/b07-yKnKRMQ]

semp

[CptTrips]

One Second After was a pretty good read.

https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765356864

Thanks.  I was looking for something good for my next Audible credit.  I'm a sucker for apocalyptic stories.

People think this civilization will always be around due to regency bias.   There are a million ways it can all go pear shaped.

See Bronze Age System collapse.  Stuff can go so wrong that a literate society forgets how to read and write for 500 years.

Some think there were relatively advanced civilizations that were wiped out during the Younger Dryas upheaval.

It really all hangs by a thread.

 

[zack1234]

Trumps to blame

Putin is also to blame

Biden and Clinton are not to blame

If you bend the knee and say men can become women the polar bears will be saved

 

Don Lemon is your benchmark for US information

[Brooke]

Thanks.  I was looking for something good for my next Audible credit.  I'm a sucker for apocalyptic stories.

Another good book (actually a series) along those lines:  "299 days", by Tate.

I listened (Audible) to "1 second after" and a bunch of the "299 days" books.