Power grid hacks?

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JackANSI
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Power grid hacks?

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http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04 ... e-disrupt/

I'm a tech savy guy, but for the life of me I can't figure out why you'd connect a power grid controlling computer to the internet.

I realize that its cheaper to interconnect over the internet than install a seperate dedicated circuit. But Dial-up should be WAY faster than is needed for grid control, or at least a VPN with properly large passwords if you must use the internet...

And people think its a great idea to put US voting systems on the internet....
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I can't believe "Homeland Security" wasn't on top of it. Who the hell came up with the whole Homeland Security idea, anyway? Ohhhhhh. :D
Well, whatever the problem, Obama caused it. :) --->JMS
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