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("Security Advisory")
Submitted by: Bill Hickey
NCVA List Master
NRT-0364 Hackers Pull Plug on Power Grid:
A CIA analyst said this week that criminals have been able to hack into computer
systems via the internet and cut power to several cities. Speaking at a conference
of security professionals on Wednesday, 16JAN, a CIA analyst disclosed the recently
declassified attacks while offering few specifics on what actually went wrong.
Criminals have launched online attacks that disrupted power equipment in several
regions outside of the U.S., he said, without identifying the countries affected.
The goal of the attacks was extortion.
(IDG News Service 18JAN08)