Chinese Hackers Could Send The U.S. into a Downward Spiral

[African NOT Amerikkkan]

How do you feel about the idea that computers could be used to take down a First World Country?

Cyber Security Experts Warn that the U.S. power grid is Vulnerable to Hacker Attacks

Top cyber security experts echoed a dire warning from a top intelligence chief on the vulnerability of the U.S. power grid, with one telling Fox News that state-sponsored hackers could send America’s nerve centers on an “uncontrollable, downward spiral.”

“China has, for years, participated in massive electronic probing of networks in the U.S.,” Ingram said. “The ability to conduct these network scans is not new, the sophistication of the newer methodologies is growing exponentially and our defenses, from the little made public or known to those in the industry, has not kept pace.”

There is a "huge risk" that America's own power utilities could be turned into a weapon used against U.S. citizens and controlled from another land, said Larry Ponemon, chairman and founder of the Ponemon Institute.

“We could lose the ability to control our power systems," said Ponemon, whose organization is based in Traverse City, Mich. "If this happens with a nuclear power facility, the attack could cause a melt down or explosions, cause considerable damage for people at or near the plant, and put it out of commission for many, many months.”

For now, the best protection the U.S. has is its economic ties to China - and the fact that America could answer an attack with one of its own - the strategy known in the Cold War as "mutually assured destruction."

If and when committed enemies of the U.S. gain the ability to strike, America's dependence on its power grid could prove to be a fatal weakness.

 

[Immortalized Outlaw]

What this have with the arcadium?

 

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I think people know America wouldn't take that shyt lightly and that response is gonna be serious.

 

[Tunez]

Tell him to hack it

 

[Jax]

Hack my nuts!










:whoa2:

 

[NSSVO]

We would just bomb them until they stop.

 

[kingdizzy01]

at least i got a front row seat for the fukkery

 

[Double J]

The government had better tap the Coli 6 cert nikka crew to protect that power grid if they know what's good for them

 

[African NOT Amerikkkan]

What this have with the arcadium?

This thread is about hackers..

Hackers use computers.. Computers = technology, the Arcadium = the place to discuss technology..

 

[Mowgli]

Turning off power to a bunch of hacker nerds. It would just be a tit for tat fest of fukkery

 

[Immortalized Outlaw]

This thread is about hackers..

Hackers use computers.. Computers = technology, the Arcadium = the place to discuss technology..

More like politics ( higher learning)

 

[African NOT Amerikkkan]

More like politics ( higher learning)

It all depends on where the conversation goes.. If people focus on the hacking aspect of this article then it won't get too political and will be worthy of the arcadium

 

[L&HH]

I took a class on globalization. And one of the main talking points was about how the next world war will be a cyber one. I think we see early remnants of it with unregulated groups like Anon.