Getting Green Off The Grid

Are you looking for reasons to go off the grid? Here’s another good reason.

Experts hack power grid in no time - Network World

Ira Winkler, a penetration-testing consultant, says he and a team of other experts took a day to set up attack tools they needed then launched their attack, which paired social engineering with corrupting browsers on a power company’s desktops. By the end of a full day of the attack, they had taken over several machines, giving the team the ability to hack into the control network overseeing power production and distribution.

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