[IronJack]

I'm skeptical. I work for an electrical utility, and there is no way some sleaze-bag hacker got into our control system.

No way.

[Kartographer]

You can be skeptical all you want, but the story is available from multiple sources and no utility is denying it.

See post 18 this thread.

By the way this isn’t the first time.

Cyber security

http://www.energyglobal.com/news/special-reports/articles/Cyber_security_power_back_in_your_hands_044.aspx#.U7NPT5RdVGY

Hacking group Anonymous could shut down the entire U.S. power grid, head of national security warns

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2104832/Hacking-group-Anonymous-shut-entire-U-S-power-grid-head-national-security-warns.html

[driftdiver]

They get into classified dept of defense systems. Are utility systems more secure?

Not the ones I’ve seen and I run a security company.

[LurkingSince'98]

If you are in ANY way connected to the internet - that is not a statement you can make with absolute certainty.