Tag: the grid
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GridEx 2013 Power Grid Preparedness Drill This Week, Nov13-14
from blog.chron.com: For the next two days–November 13 and 14–the United States, Canada and Mexico, along with hundreds of companies and organizations in all three countries, will take part in the GridEx 2013 Preparedness Drill – one of the largest preparedness drills in our country’s history. It has been reported that the United States, Canada…
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‘Smart Meters’ Don’t Believe In Your Privacy
from brasschecktv.com: Here’s the deal. They measure the amount of electricity you use and they bill you for it, that’s ALL they need to do. There’s no need for a utility company to know when you turn on a device or turn off a light. There’s no need for them to monitor your habits, like…
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google x & the lab of wildest dreams
from nytimes: In a top-secret lab in an undisclosed Bay Area location where robots run free, the future is being imagined. It’s a place where your refrigerator could be connected to the Internet, so it could order groceries when they ran low. Your dinner plate could post to a social network what you’re eating. Your…
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listening to the sun improves sunspot forecasts
from latimes: Sunspots, those dark regions on the surface of the sun whose high magnetic activity has ripple effects for Earthlings, seem to emerge and fade without warning. But now, by listening to the sounds the sun makes, scientists have managed to predict when a sunspot will appear up to two days beforehand. The findings,…
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7/14 Defcon: Murdoch’s Watergate, Military Meltdown & More
Hacking scandal could be Murdoch’s Watergate* Video: Rupert Murdoch’s son could be prosecuted by US* Video: Murdoch papers could have hacked US phones as well* Update: News Corp UK newspaper CEO brooks resigns* Washington Post website jobs section hacked* Anonymous hacks Monsanto computers; Posts employee info* Hackers claim they exposed Booz Allen Hamilton data* ‘Military…
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power-grid experiment could confuse electric clocks
from ap: A yearlong experiment with America’s electric grid could mess up traffic lights, security systems and some computers — and make plug-in clocks and appliances like programmable coffeemakers run up to 20 minutes fast. “A lot of people are going to have things break and they’re not going to know why,” said Demetrios Matsakis,…
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5/12 defcon: secret service, globalhell, expendables
cyberwarfare rules included in defense bill* white house to unveil cyber security proposal* US secret service takes to twitter* after approving nbc buyout, fcc commish becomes comcast lobbyist; fcc chairman applauds colleague departing to become fcc lobbyist* obama meets with giffords, husband (and his identical astro-twin) in florida* giffords aims to return for shuttle launch*…
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aurora alert: year’s largest solar flare
The largest so far this year, a category M6.6 solar flare is earthbound. A skywatcher alert has been issued for auroras in possibly lower as well as higher latitudes. Experts agree a cloud of radiation from a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME), will hit the Earth’s magnetic field on or about Feb. 15th. The source of…
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11/11 Defcon: Brain Drain & Smart Viruses
FCC probing Google wi-fi spy scandal // New cyber attack linked to fake Nobel Prize email // Smart viruses threaten global peace // Congresswoman says chance of cyber attack against electric grid is 100%
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Cyber Attack Threat Next Pearl Harbor
Head of British Intelligence and Security Committee Sir Malcom Rivkind warns of cyberthreat, infiltrating industrial systems, “…to interrupt the National Grid to prevent proper instructions going to power stations, which are under computer control,”
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defcon 8/12: cyber lies & gag orders
cyber lie exposed: power plants not connected to internet* dhs needs to take threat of emp attack seriously, physicist warns* google ceo: no anonymity is the future of web* google raided by s. korea police street view probe* appeals court rules against secret police gps tracking* cars hacked through wireless tire sensors* geoeye & digitalglobe…
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Defcon 8/5: Gold Mines & Greatest Threats
The web’s new gold mine: Your secrets // Obama wants FBI to access browsing history without warrant // Google & Verizon near deal on pay tiers for web // Biometric & other locks fail to foil hackers at defcon // Now aiming to seize control, hackers target power plants as US, industry scramble to respond…
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Sun Storms May Bring Northern Lights South
The sun may be about to put on a colorful light show. That’s because of two minor solar storms that flared on Sunday and are shooting tons of plasma directly at Earth.
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Defcon 7/15: Tracked, Traced & Databased
Consumer group sniffs Congresswoman’s open wi-fi // Fmr. NSA exec Thomas A. Drake may pay high price for media leak // NSA executive leaked after official reporting process failed // Mobile phones ‘causing memory loss’ // Teens using digital drugs to get high