After the pipeline got shot down, it got me thinking about our electrical grid. If they managed to sit it down for just a few weeks, the damage and loss of life would be catastrophic. Why on earth are these systems even accessable to anyone outside this country?
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This is talked about on the JRE podcast with the ex cia dude a few weeks back
He talks about how the infrastructure isn’t even built to withstand a physical attack let alone a cyber attack
You can walk up to a substation and piss on it, he claimed (paraphrasing). There’s nothing stopping people from physically manipulating a substation besides some padlocks, chain link fence, and barbed wire.
The first cyber attack to shut down the US grid(s) will cause a lot of harm and many deaths, just like the grid failure in Texas.
It’s scary to think about where the world is headed and the lack of regulation.
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