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Tag Archives: cyber attack
The EMP Commission estimates a nationwide blackout lasting one year could kill up to 9 of 10 Americans through starvation, disease, and societal collapse
[ Several times Dr. Pry recommends that “States should harden their electric grids against nuclear EMP attack because there is a clear and present danger, protecting against nuclear EMP will mitigate all lesser threats, and both the federal government in … Continue reading
Posted in Blackouts, Congressional Record U.S., Electricity, EMP Electromagnetic Pulse, Energy Policy, Extreme Weather, Infrastructure, Nuclear, Nuclear Power
Tagged cyber attack, electromagnetic pulse, EMP, nuclear, spent fuel pool, war
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Military Threats: Peak oil, population, climate change, pandemics, economic crises, cyberattacks, failed states, nuclear war
[ The military is realistic about the challenges the world faces and often presents them with far more clarity than you’ll find from any other government institution. In 2010, the military took a look at some of the world’s toughest … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cyber, CyberAttacks, Disasters, Government Reports, Military, Pandemics
Tagged cyber attack, cyber war, military, threats, war
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Will we go out with a whimper instead of a bang? Cyberwar more likely than nuclear war
[ A book review by Alice Friedemann of “CYBER WAR. The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It” by Richard A. Clarke and Robert K. Knake. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, CyberAttack Book Reviews, CyberAttacks, Cyberattacks, War
Tagged china, cyber attack, cyber war, cyberwar, infrastructure, Russia, scenario
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It’s only a matter of time before Cyber Terrorists launch attacks
Joel Brenner’s “America the Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare“. A book review by Alice Friedemann Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation”, 2015, Springer and … Continue reading
Posted in China, Cyber, CyberAttacks, Cyberattacks, War
Tagged china, cyber attack, cyber war, Russia
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Electric grid large power transformers take up to 2 years to build
[ This post contains excerpts from the Department of Energy document “Large power transformers and the U.S. electric grid”. Large power transformers are essential critical infrastructure to the electric grid, and are huge, weighing up to 820,000 pounds. If large … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Grid, Electricity, Infrastructure, Interdependencies
Tagged cyber attack, electric grid, foreign dependency, limited raw material, power transformer, special grade electrical steel, supply chain failure
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Chip Fab Plants need electricity 24 x 7. The electric grid needs chips. The Financial system needs both.
[ When Trucks stop running, civilization ends. Trucks are not only vulnerable to running out of liquid fuels, they also depend on micro-chips (i.e. engine, emissions, etc), which can only be made if electricity is up around the clock. Alice … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Grid, Electricity, Interdependencies, Microchip Fabrication stops
Tagged cyber attack, electric grid, micro chip
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Electric Grid Overview
[ Our energy, transportation, electric, water and other infrastructures are all heavily dependent on each other, making the U.S. one of the most vulnerable nations on earth. Although transportation is the most essential of all, especially trucks, which make the … Continue reading
Posted in Electric Grid, Electric Grid, Energy
Tagged alternative energy, blackout, cyber attack, electric grid, overview, stability
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Emergency drill: Cyberattack on electric grid
[ America is so vulnerable to cyber attack or war from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea and other nations that I doubt we will ever attack them. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future … Continue reading
Posted in Cyber, CyberAttacks, Infrastructure Attacks
Tagged cyber attack
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Actual cyber attacks
[ There are too many cyber attacks to keep track of so I’ve stopped putting them in here. If you do an internet search on “list of cyber attacks” you’ll get many hits (i.e. the Wiki list, hackmageddon, etc). Not … Continue reading
Posted in CyberAttacks, Infrastructure Attacks
Tagged cyber attack, cyberattack
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Cyber attack methods. Who are the cyber attackers?
This just in: Cyber criminals are planting chips in electric irons and kettles to launch spam attacks. A Russian TV channel had footage of an iron being opened up to reveal a “spy chip” with a small microphone that could … Continue reading