What would happen under the circumstances of a cyberattack targeted towards America? Would people go Mad Max crazy? In Ted Koppel’s book “Lights Out” he explains that if the power grid were to go down due to cyberattack, it would go down for not only days, but for weeks or even months resulting in millions of people dying due to mass starvation.
Recently, National Security Agency (NSA) Director Admiral Michael Rogers warned listeners at a cyber-security conference that the threat isn’t a matter of “if“ it will happen, but “when.“
He used the example in which hackers in Ukraine used the Black Energy cyber-weapon to knock out the lights on more than 200,000 people across the region.
While speaking at the RSA Conference in San Francisco, he warned the audience that this will not be the “last we are going to see of this.“
Read more on page two to find out what NSA Director Rogers thinks is the best plan in order to stop any cyberattacks from occurring in the U.S.
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Do we even have a back up plan? I do.Stop using all these computers in the government that can be infected and go back to doing things manually. Or doesn’t anyone now in government have the smarts to do that anymore? We should always have a back up plan. Something that nobody knows how to get around.
Nick Cottam
It really is only inevitable. We’ve got this huge focus on conventional military in this country when any good long look at reality will tell you, war, as we know it, is never going to happen again. And while most nations have accepted that fact, and moved to shore up their infrastructure and electronic borders, we’ve allowed ours to rot and become vulnerable to outside influences. We’ve spent the last 70 years and 90% of our tax dollars, preparing for a war, that will never occur.
We all gon’ die….
Well that would suck
Oh, hey, I guess it isn’t 1975 any more. We need to stop, look around and finally realize it’s not the 20th century anymore. It and it’s wars are over. We won’t ever see conventional warfare on a large scale ever again. Wars are now fought in economics, and trade. We’ve spent so much time, effort and energy in preparation for a war that was never coming, and now, that’s its even less likely to happen, like a crack addict we can’t stop. We are completely incapable of not spending 75% of the budget on weapons. Weapons that simply don’t have a place anymore. Unless you know, we did something incredibly stupid and started getting into every third world country’s issues. Taking sides and being retarded all the time… Oh… Wait…
Obama wanted to build two new grids with his infrastructure bill that reps said no too. It would hsve created 14 million well paying job. Hopefully, Trump will pass it.
Those that can fish, will fish.
No, they were shaking in they pathetic little minded shoes when they came near to Trump. They shrunk from his size alone. When they seen what he’s really like, most wanted to be as close to him as possible. Macron bring back any memories. Totally shunned Merkel.