Adding wind farms, solar panels and smart meters to the power distribution system opens additional portals through which hackers can attack the grid, according to computer security experts advising governments and utilities. Where traditionally the grid took power from a few sources, it’s now absorbing it from thousands.
The communication networks and software that link green energy sources to the grid as well as the electronic meters that send real time power usage to consumers and utilities are providing new back-door entry paths for computer hackers to raise havoc with the grid. The disclosure this week that hackers known as “Dragonfly” and “Energetic Bear” gained access to power networks across the U.S. and Europe in the past 15 months is a reminder of how vulnerable the system has become.
h/t Maz2
I worked in IT for a number of years. They knew this before they even started any of these boondoggles. They don’t care. This is Cloward Piven in action. They just want to keep making the system fail.
No one is concerned about the consequences of these green energy policies. The hacking angle is irrelevant and insignificant in comparison to the utter destruction of electricity supplies.
Pressed too soon. No one gives a damn because they are making oodles of cash out of the green schemes.
Well, to quote a well known screeching hag, “what difference at this point does it make”… Out here in nomadic Indian territory formerly known as British Columbia “smart meters” have already been rammed down everyones throats whether we wanted them or not. As far as I’m concerned, hack away boys.
Biggest targets these days are SCADA based systems. Useful tip: Infrastructure must be in it’s own DMZ.
Ever heard of designing a system with no connection to the internet? Nope; mI guess not.
It has to be connected to Internet. What are Hydro One employees supposed to do all day?
FWIW, government or private industry, absolutely no one in IT actually gives a damn about security. They can’t. Actually implementing and maintaining a more secure communications infrastructure takes time and money that the suits and financiers won’t pay for, and the ability to say “no” is a kind of political power that no senior VP will arrogate to the IT department.
So I don’t think this is deliberate. It’s just par for the course.