Posted on 09/07/2020 6:49:13 AM PDT by rktman
China and “probably one or two other” countries can shut down the U.S. power grid through a cyberattack. This disturbing revelation was made by Admiral Michael Rogers, former head of the National Security Agency, to Congress – in November 2014.
China has also become the world’s leading supplier of transformers – the “spine” of electricity grids -- according to a 2014 U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) report. This also presents significant challenges to U.S. grid security.
For economic and security reasons, the United States should no longer purchase transformers and other electric grid equipment manufactured in China. It is important to end relationships that U.S. utilities have directly with Chinese businesses and multi-national companies manufacturing transformers in China.
These actions are envisioned under a May 1 Executive Order President Trump issued on protecting the bulk-power grid. Chinese power equipment provided to the U.S. can be embedded with software and hardware to remotely commit mischief from Beijing, enhancing its ability to commit cyberattacks.
Such items will not be easy to find. Large power transformers are huge, and weigh between 100 and 400 tons.
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearenergy.org ...
Who is that thinks the power grid is accessible from the internet?
Power grids are on isolated non commutative private loops usually fiber optic with interrupt and invasion technology.
You need physical contact and permission and approval to make any changes.
The power grid was here way before the internet and does not use it to function.
Like a private network in your home or business if it does not outwardly contact the internet it can not be cyber attacked by an outsider.
If a power company for some unknown reason is transporting data on any thing less then dark fiber they deserve what they get and the liability to follow.
This is a false narrative that does not hold water in the real world application.
Huge transformer explosions near Atlanta last night. Affected my power in WNC.
Just imagine they are 400 ton ventilators and we have a MAGA President who is not a Chinese sock puppet.
(Warning: Posts such as this may be deemed treasonous subsequent to Nov 3.)
I like the way you think!
Biden: C’mon man! China’s no threat to us.
I imagine there are a number of ‘remotes” that use computers to issue commands and that a number of those consoles are internet connected via VPN (if they’re smart, they use an encrypted system over a VPN connection where the data is encrypted on the way out and decrypted on the way in)...still not a full-blown threat but there’s probably a few places where mischief can be made....Kalifornia comes to mind as a likely candidate just because....it’s kalifornia and they do things stupid there.
Excellent article and positions.
Correct but havoc can be introduced via the supply chain and sloppy network boundary protection an insiders
Who needs China?
Just keep electing democrats and the US will destroy its own grid.
Look at Los Angeles and its new “flex” rule = 3rd world power outages.
It is especially nice coming from a poster with your record. ~"Gandalf"
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