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U.S. Officials: Chinese Hackers Are Planning to Take Down Power Grid
Disswire.com ^ | 12 February 2024 | Bradley Greer

Posted on 02/13/2024 4:13:35 AM PST by Sam77

The looming threat of a major cyber attack against the U.S. is becoming more likely after the FBI admitted that Chinese hackers are planning an all-out assault on the country’s power grid and infrastructure.

A cyber attack against the United States would not just be devastating for Americans; it would also allow China to take advantage of the ensuing chaos, especially with it being an election year.

According to U.S. officials, they have already foiled a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware to damage civilian infrastructure.

(Excerpt) Read more at disswire.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2024election; china; cyberattack; cybersecurity; hack; hackers; malware; prc
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To: Brooklyn Attitude
I guess the invasion by tens of thousands of military age Chinese men is plan B if hacking doesn’t work.

It's not plan B, it's part of Plan A. A downed grid, a few thousand "terrorists" and 95% of American's are dead within a year.
41 posted on 02/13/2024 5:51:06 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: ClearCase_guy
Our government thinks we are stupid. They control us through fear.

Absolutely, but if you think Russia and China have our best interests in mind, something is wrong...
42 posted on 02/13/2024 5:51:38 AM PST by TexasGunLover
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To: Sam77

Okay, so this means the FBI are going to take down the power grid to interfere with the elections.


43 posted on 02/13/2024 5:52:35 AM PST by dinodino ( Cut it down anyway. )
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To: Sam77

In Other words?:

The FBI is going to disrupt the electricity grid to disrupt the election of Trump, this is just their cover story.


44 posted on 02/13/2024 6:03:40 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: Sam77

If that does happen, we will need to suspend the Constitution again and let the smart people micromanage our lives for a few months.

It will just be this one time (and the last time too) but then we can get back to being a normal country.

/s


45 posted on 02/13/2024 6:21:49 AM PST by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: Sam77
More games.


46 posted on 02/13/2024 6:25:34 AM PST by dead (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_vFiUUcBkc)
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To: Brooklyn Attitude

I have wondered about the motivation of all these Chinese nationals coming to the US via South/Central America.
Meaning are they part of an invading army OR are they jumping from a sinking ship.

Peter Zeihan among others has predicting the downfall of China for several years. Their stock market has been tanking. There are reports of women resorting to prostitution because they have no other way to make money. Evergrande, their largest real estate developer is toast. Probably more to follow. Much of their manufacturing is leaving for other countries. They even admitted that their population has dropped by 100 million people.
Basically, everything in the news about China is bad.
Maybe, it is literally rats jumping from a sinking ship.


47 posted on 02/13/2024 6:33:54 AM PST by woodbutcher1963
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To: Leep

Simple: just give away lots of EVs and overwhelm the grid.
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....after the grid was made unstable by all the IWTs and solar connected to it.


48 posted on 02/13/2024 6:47:16 AM PST by hecticskeptic
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To: Sam77
Correction:

"U.S. Officials: Chinese FBI/CIA/NSA Hackers Are Planning to Take Down Power Grid"

Dem Election Interference.

49 posted on 02/13/2024 7:13:03 AM PST by CapnJack ( )
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To: escapefromboston

True, however at the scale required today running non connected power distribution would result in far less efficiency and costs far far higher than they are today

Our grids are quite vulnerable and probably the highest risk we face but all things consider amount of reliable inexpensive power produced and distributed is incredibly impressive


50 posted on 02/13/2024 8:08:58 AM PST by Manuel OKelley
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To: ClearCase_guy

I AM PRETTY SURE THAT MORE USA LAND HAS BEEN SOLD TO CHINESE INTERESTS RECENTLY THAN TO RUSSIAN INTERESTS.

DETAINEE REPORTS FROM THE BORDER ARE TELLING US ABOUT HUNDREDS OF CHINESE

NOT HUNDREDS OF RUSSIANS


51 posted on 02/13/2024 8:09:58 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: bk1000; All
If they did that, who would buy all the crap they make?

Would they shoot themselves in the foot like that?

When did the Chinese Communist Party act rationally in the best interest of the Chinese people?

They are concerned with power, and only power.

Their ideology says there can only be on predominant world power, and they aim to be it.

President Trump has shown them the USA is not necessarily on a permanent decline.

52 posted on 02/13/2024 8:13:43 AM PST by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: null and void; aragorn; EnigmaticAnomaly; kalee; Kale; AZ .44 MAG; Baynative; bgill; bitt; ...

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53 posted on 02/13/2024 8:27:51 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: bitt

What is Volt Typhoon? FBI warns of ‘threat’ from Chinese state-backed hacking network

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/tech/volt-typhoon-china-us-cyber-hackers-b1138885.html


54 posted on 02/13/2024 8:31:28 AM PST by bitt (<img src=' 'width=30%>)
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To: ClearCase_guy

There is no reason to believe China wants to start an existential war with the US.

And the mentioned act of war would do just that.


55 posted on 02/13/2024 9:22:28 AM PST by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Sam77

Let me guess. It will happen on Tuesday, November 5th, 2024.


56 posted on 02/13/2024 10:24:21 AM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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