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Date Submitted:
08/18/05
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Can Hackers Turn Your Lights Off? The Vulnerability of the US Power Grid to Electronic AttackAdded by Papergrl
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There is now no reason to doubt that presently there are individuals, groups, and nations that seek actively and presently to do harm to the United States. We have seen enough evidence of this in the last few weeks with the attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the apparent attempt to damage or destroy either the Capitol or the White House. One of the lessons we need to take from this tragedy is that it is absolutely necessary for us to protect the critical infrastructures of the United States. One of the most important aspects of our critical infrastructure is the National Power Grid. Without electrical power, just about everything in our Information Age society and economy goes dead: respirators, heaters, air conditioners, and refrigerators in hospitals and homes, perishable food supplies in markets, stock trading on Wall Street, financial transfers between banks, and much more, including, of course, the lights, everywhere from Manhattan to Watts.
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