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HACKING THE POWER GRID FOR FUN AND PROFIT: ?The decades-old technology used to manage the power gri?

By Glenn Reynolds

HACKING THE POWER GRID FOR FUN AND PROFIT: “The decades-old technology used to manage the power grid is vulnerable to manipulation or sabotage, according to a study revealed this week. Attackers could manipulate power-grid data by breaking into substations and intercepting communications between substations, grid operators, and electricity suppliers. This data is used by grid operators to set prices for electricity and to balance supply and demand, the researchers say. Grid hackers could make millions of dollars at the expense of electricity consumers by influencing electricity markets. They could also make the grid unstable, causing blackouts.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 10, 2010 (boomark / email).