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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr
I'm aware of only three publicly confirmed attacks on temperature control systems: two in Lappeenranta against general heating on two residential flats and one in Rauma against cooling system of indoor ice rink. If there are any others I would like to read about them, not saying they didn't happen or could not happen.
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I read it in German news today, which referred to this article:
http://metropolitan.fi/entry/ddos-at...-amidst-winter
There also was an original Finish article linked, but I do not find the german one anymore. It dropped down the headline lists.
The problem is that all this is another little piece of a picture that shows that the so-called internet-of-things is beign systemtically used and tested for its usability to commence cyber attacks. There have been several such Ddos attacks been reported in past weeks and months, the attack on the Dyn-server being the most prominent one. all these attacks were staged by botnets basing on small computers linked to the so-called internet-of-things: "smart" refrigerators, "smart" TVs, "smart" technological gadgets of the modern near-future household.
The individual vulnerability of apps and app-depending technological gadgets in houses and households, has been demonstrated meanwhile -
on every occassion such tests were run. Why people think it is a "smart" idea to have their living sphere, their living place, their household, their house door, their car, being exposed in such critical ways against which so far nobody has outlined trustworthy defences, is beyond me. To me it is like all of a sudden ripping out housedoors, and windows, throwing away locks and keys, and inviting raging punks and drunk junkies into my home to demolish the installation and furniture, and publicly announcing my banking account data so that everybody can have me paying his bills.
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You don't need EMP bombs to disable or distroy critical distribution systems. This can be done either remotely with cyber attacks or locally with certain tools (no, I'm not telling which ones) most likely available from local hardware store.
Critical components such as high voltage transformers are not readily replaceable which often means repair times in excess of twelve months. Another major issue in grid design is that over years it has been driven by economics rather than security and redundancy. Therefore electrical grids in many western countries including Finland and the United States are dependent on small number of critical electrical substations (in practice transformers) and loss of too many of them (three in case of Finland) will cripple the grid.
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EMP is the weapon of choice to destroy the whole electronic basis of a society, state or nation in no time.
Denying electricity in the developed world is a weapon of mass destruction. It can kill millions and dozens of millions in very short time. The production and logistic chains that have been established due to computers and globalization, are insane and make us highly vulnerable and dependable - with multiplied risk levels, compared to the old fashioned ways of the past. For many inhabitants of the first world, elemental, most basic and profound competences for survival and food production have been lost. Most of us are not psychologically fit for this kind of elemental survival. Nor are we prepared to face and defend ourselves against physiala violence, and use physicla force against others ourselves. Really. Loss of electricity is a weapon of mass destruction, like nuclear bombs and biological weapons.