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Life Mirrors Art: Spies Attack U.S. Grid
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Isn't there a Bond movie about this?
If there's a policy implication here, it should be to recast the debate over the smart grid. (A debate that was last seen in the stimulus bill.) Either that, or we should hire a legion of more advanced super spies.
I can't really speak to the merits, but the Center for American Progress has a report (PDF) arguing that an updated grid is a national security priority, in addition to an energy priority.
Update: A well-placed source reminds me that attacks on the US power grid resemble the plot of Live Free or Die Hard more than any Bond movie.
Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. [...] Intelligence officials worry about cyber attackers taking control of electrical facilities, a nuclear power plant or financial networks via the Internet.
If there's a policy implication here, it should be to recast the debate over the smart grid. (A debate that was last seen in the stimulus bill.) Either that, or we should hire a legion of more advanced super spies.
I can't really speak to the merits, but the Center for American Progress has a report (PDF) arguing that an updated grid is a national security priority, in addition to an energy priority.
Update: A well-placed source reminds me that attacks on the US power grid resemble the plot of Live Free or Die Hard more than any Bond movie.
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