Leahy Reaction On Russian Hacking Of A Vermont Electric Utility

Senate Office ^ | 12/30/2016 | Patrick Leahy

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Dimitri Kissoff was hereabouts...

[AndyJackson]

Excellent ridicule of an insane position.

So I want to know. Does the wood-fired generator use a donkey engine to run the generator? That would be so cool. It's probably pretty hack-proof.

[a fool in paradise]

This is beyond hackers having electronic joy rides – this is now about trying to access utilities to potentially manipulate the grid and shut it down in the middle of winter. That is a direct threat to Vermont and we do not take it lightly.

HOW WILL WE RUN OUR CARS?!!!

[JBW1949]

“... Liberals are seeing Russians behind every tree and under every bed...”

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Is that not the honest truth??? It is amazing that what liberals reactions to losing the election have become...

[Vaduz]

The only item the media hasn’t used is the UFO’s who befriend Russia.

[BlueLancer]

"Liberals are seeing Russians behind every tree and under every bed."

[Sacajaweau]

The computer is not even connected to their system. So what’s he point??

[wally_bert]

There are too many extremely techno ignorant people who will believe anything that techno ignorant in charge say.

I support a number of both.

[Gay State Conservative]

So now we know that Lahey’s 22,000 sq ft chalet on Lake Champlain uses 3890 kWh of juice every month.

[thinden]

are they sure it wasn’t another DHS hack attack?

[Ray76]

It’s not Russians - the Burlington Electric employee is the hacker!

[vette6387]

“By the way, Burlington Electric Department is the pissant, municipally-owned electric utility of Burlington, Vermont. Its miniscule generating capacity is about 50 MW, split evenly between a single wood-fired generator and a gas-turbine generator plus a tiny hydro generator and a dash of solar and wind capacity.”

I can’t understand why the Ruskies would hack the City of Burlington. After all, and if you’ve ever been there you will agree, Burlington is like a Siberian city. Drab, dour, lots of welfare bums on it’s streets. It’s Vermont’s “big city” and it looks like it’s been transplanted from East Germany.

[Steve_Seattle]

"This fake news phenomenon is getting out of control."

Yes. From what I gather:

1. Russian hackers have been known for years, and most are not government agents, but common thieves with a financial - not a political - motive.

2. In the Vermont case, they were not "targeting" the grid, but phishing thousands of random targets.

3. The same source that infected the Vermont utility probably also infected lots of ordinary citizens all over the country, and maybe all over the world.

4. The same types of attack occur daily, from various hacking sources, and infect many people and businesses on a daily basis.

5. As we all know, this sort of thing has been going on for years, yet no presidential candidate of either party has made it a major campaign issue, nor have the media made it a major political issue.

Until now, of course, since they are trying to use it as part of the Russians-hacked-the-elected meme.

[reformedliberal]

We use wood-fired evaporators up here in Wisconsin. Besides, it’s too early for maple season.

[Organic Panic]

"One weird trick to blame Russian hacking Obama doesn't want you to know about. Ĉlick here."

[VTenigma]

The day that creep Leahy attains room temperature will be one of the best for me. There’s only 2 others I hope go first.

[Steve_Seattle]

I thought “hacking” referred to a cyber attack directed at a specific target, and “phishing” referred to cyber attacks directed at wide scale, random targets. Wasn’t this incident at the utility more likely a case of phishing?

[Future Snake Eater]

Phishing can be targeted if you know that a certain person or group works at or has access to a certain place or installation.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I just came from lunch. They had cnn on, and it was non-stop coverage of this! Fear mongering!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/30/washington-post-publishes-false-news-story-about-russians-hacking-electrical-grid/