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Report: Hackers can now cause blackouts on US electrical grid
Report: Hackers can now cause blackouts on US electrical grid It was inevitable that someday, hackers would have the ability to exert control over the U.S. electrical grid. According to the computer security firm Symantec, someday is today. Hacking attacks over the last several months that targeted U.S. energy companies have been able to gain […]
Will EV’s Break The Grid?
Will EV’s Break The Grid? While the UK government has vowed to end the sale of all new conventional gasoline and diesel cars by 2040, as part of a wider plan to fight air pollution, there is talk that electricity demand will lead to a fast and dirty response to a strained power grid. But […]
Russian Hackers Said To “Penetrate US Electricity Grid” Using Outdated Ukrainian Malware
Russian Hackers Said To “Penetrate US Electricity Grid” Using Outdated Ukrainian Malware Two days after the DHS and FBI released a report revealing what the US agencies alleged was the government-controlled Russian operation behind the “hacking of the US election” which they dubbed “Grizzly Steppe”, and which had a peculiar disclaimer according to which nothing contained in […]
An east-west power grid, Canada’s elusive national dream
An east-west power grid, Canada’s elusive national dream Inter-provincial strategy would help environment, but political will could be lacking The price tag for transmission lines can be hefty. The longer the distance, the bigger the sticker shock. (Jacques Boissinot/Canadian Press) Constructing an east-west electricity grid in Canada is far from a novel idea. Politicians and […]
Ted Koppel It’s Not A Matter Of If But When The Power Goes Out…
Ted Koppel It’s Not A Matter Of If But When The Power Goes Out…
Almost 1.7mn Crimeans on emergency electricity supplies, no power coming from Ukraine (PHOTOS)
Almost 1.7mn Crimeans on emergency electricity supplies, no power coming from Ukraine (PHOTOS) On a street in Simferopol. Early on Sunday November 22, two electricity transmission lines from Ukraine were cut, causing a blackout on the entire peninsula. © Artem Kreminsky / Sputnik An emergency situation in Crimea caused by a cut in electricity from […]
Former CIA Director: We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough To Protect Against The EMP Threat
Former CIA Director: We’re Not Doing Nearly Enough To Protect Against The EMP Threat It’s a BIG risk. And we’re doing little about it. On Monday we covered the release of an open letter written to President Obama, issued by a committee of notable political, security and defense experts — which includes past and present members of […]
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP Establishment insiders are worried we’re too vulnerable In the past here at Peak Prosperity, we’ve written extensively on the threat posed by a sustained loss of electrical grid power. More specifically, we’ve warned that the most damaging threat to our grid would come from either […]
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP
Sounding The Alarm On The Country’s Vulnerability To An EMP Last year, Elliott Management’s Paul Singer highlighted “one risk that stands way above the rest in terms of the scope of potential damage adjusted for the likelihood of occurrence”– an electromagnetic pulse (EMP). As Michael Snyder previously details, our entire way of life can be ended in a […]
The Whisper of the Shutoff Valve
The Whisper of the Shutoff Valve Last week’s post on the impending decline and fall of the internet fielded a great many responses. That was no surprise, to be sure; nor was I startled in the least to find that many of them rejected the thesis of the post with some heat. Contemporary pop culture’s […]
