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images/news/security.jpgCyperspies from China, Russia and elsewhere have gained access to the U.S. electrical grid and have installed malware tools designed to shut down service, according to a news report Wednesday.
So far, the attackers have not used their access to damage the electrical grid, but the cyberespionage appears "pervasive," said a Wall Street Journal article that quoted anonymous national security officials. U.S. officials worry that the spies could use their access to attempt to shut down the grid or take control of power plants during a time of crisis or war, the story said.
Many of the intrusions weren't discovered by electric utilities but by U.S. intelligence agencies, the story said.
The cyberspies have left behind "software tools" that could be used to destroy components of the grid, the Journal quoted one official as saying. "If we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on," one official told the Journal.
Read on at Computerworld
So far, the attackers have not used their access to damage the electrical grid, but the cyberespionage appears "pervasive," said a Wall Street Journal article that quoted anonymous national security officials. U.S. officials worry that the spies could use their access to attempt to shut down the grid or take control of power plants during a time of crisis or war, the story said.
Many of the intrusions weren't discovered by electric utilities but by U.S. intelligence agencies, the story said.
The cyberspies have left behind "software tools" that could be used to destroy components of the grid, the Journal quoted one official as saying. "If we go to war with them, they will try to turn them on," one official told the Journal.
Read on at Computerworld
Sounds like a good idea to not go to war then huh?! Meh...if there is another world war...I don't think it would matter. There wouldn't be much of a world population left.
