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.
Stores only have 3 days worth of food ,big cities would be greatly affected . ive stock piled food medical supplies water. I’m good for a long time, you’ll be better off to prepare now then try after something happens….III%
What’s everybody worried about, this genetically modified$#%&!@*we’re eating now lasts for years. Dont even have to store it anywhere in particular, maybe under the couch pillows or in between the car seats.
And we should also prepare to nuke the$#%&!@*the it of who is responsible
Better prep Now …..
Maybe if they weren’t so busy listening to our phone calls from the Utah Data Center they could orchestrate a plan with private industry to safeguard against this threat.
This story is from March, 2016–almost a year and a half ago. Why are you sharing old news? Why don’t you date your posts?
Will trucks not work if the grid is down. Sorry folks but the supply chain is almost entirely self sufficient. A simple cyber attack will not$#%&!@*the system down to that point.
Why don’t ya start fixing the damn grid idiots
Backup plan is in order, print out all information, phone numbers etc. Don’t wait! It’s not that hard, break out the old pencil and paper you’ll be amazed how efficient you cam be!!!!
Liberalism at its finest. When the going gets tough and you have to actually do something about it, you just lay down and die. Time for these pieces of c**p to grow some backbone or get lost because your ignorance is dragging our country down.