[_Jim]

What's your take on that article linked in post 24?

The chance that it was a virus are really, really, REALLY low, because, to quote DiNicola:

The possibility that an Internet "worm" infected FirstEnergy's transmission control-center computers is remote, said DiNicola, because the computers in the control centers are not based on Microsoft operating systems, which are most commonly the targets of such computer attacks.

"Obviously, we are going to look at all issues involving the system in the control center," he said. "But most of the virus and worms under discussion are based on Windows [manufactured by Microsoft]."

[DoughtyOne]

Thanks for your comments Jim. In the end, you may be right. I'm certainly not going to run around saying sabotage was definately involved, but I'm going to keep an open mind.

It seems to me I recall another incident a few years back where our national security agencies said they never thought something like that could happen. If I could just remember what it was.