WASHINGTON - A government video shows the potential destruction caused by hackers seizing control of a crucial part of the U.S. electrical grid: an industrial turbine spinning wildly out of control until it becomes a smoking hulk and power shuts down.
But Bunky, why is this stuff connected up to the network the way it is? (Notice I'm not asking what company in Redmond, WA, made the software. It never entered my mind. But, now that you mention it, "experts said the affected systems were not developed with security in mind.")
Oh well. We will thwart the evil hackers with...wait for it...
In July the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed a set of standards to help protect the country's bulk electric power supply system from cyber attacks. These standards would require certain users, owners and operators of power grids to establish plans and controls.
...plans and controls!
So I don't know about you but I'm going back to bed.
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