ISIS attacking US power grid

[sangria]

"But the concern is that they will buy that capability.."

No shit? That's a pretty damn major concern. 


money.cnn.com/2015/10/15/technology/isis-energy-grid/index.html?

[msmerymac]

Our power grid is so fucked, with or without ISIS.

The average power pole is 50-60 years old, and they are designed to last 40-50 years.

Chalk it up to another result of our country not investing in infrastructure.

[Deleted]

Haha. And people think DH is crazy for having all of his
Off-the-grid survival gear for when the grid goes down. He's looking less crazy now, for sure.

[ttt]

But God forbid we pay more taxes to actually update the power grid and protect it.

Actually maybe this is good news. People seem willing to spend whatever amount of money to protect us from terrorists so maybe this will actually prompt some infrastructure spending.

[aurora]

Our power grid doesn't really need an attack to go down; it's so stretched to the limit.

The article does make a good point that its decentralized nature makes it less prone to cyberattack as a unit, though.