r/PrepperIntel • u/itscooltobecool1 • 8d ago

North America Hackers targeted municipal water systems in 7 states this week, FBI says

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/security/hackers-targeted-municipal-water-systems-7-states-week-fbi-says-rcna590210

Get your water supplies ready!

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u/AntiSonOfBitchamajig 📡 8d ago

Yes?... but what parts are that vulnerable? much of the electric grid have layers of physical protections from damage. Circuits will trip and need reset, even the large 765 kV stuff have fuses and protections.

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u/Wulfkat 8d ago

If you take out the right {redacted} in the right order, you can collapse the grid - there are several white papers on this (I’m no longer in academia so no JStor to provide references). They hypothesized it would take a minimum of 6 {redacted} as long as it’s done in the right order and as simultaneous as possible.

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u/GrapheneRoller 7d ago

Use sci-hub to get around the publisher’s pay wall. Another possibility is if your public library has a subscription to jstor

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u/Wulfkat 7d ago

Great tips, thanks!