Staged Hack Causes Generator to Self-Destruct

An anonymous reader writes "It has been revealed that in a U.S. Department of Homeland Security exercise codenamed 'Aurora' conducted in March of this year, researchers were able to cause a power generator to self-destruct remotely via a hack which changed the operating cycle of the generator. 'Government sources said changes are being made to both computer software and physical hardware to protect power generating equipment. And the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it is conducting inspections to ensure all nuclear plants have made the fix. Industry experts also said the experiment shows large electric systems are vulnerable in ways not previously demonstrated.'"

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Pretty Sly...

[Veetox]

I think the ruling in this case was much more apropos than the privacy concerns in the past - privacy is one of those rights that seems to have very little force in the face of all kinds of laws. For example, many abortion proponents including R.B. Ginsberg have expressed that the ruling in RvW was regrettable because it was based on privacy rather than a more logical and constitutional standard. Still, this current case will likely hit the supreme court in one way or another, and by the time it gets seen there, will Bush still be in office; will the Patriot Act still be in effect, or will Congress have eliminated it by then?

Re:this should not be possible

[Hijacked Public]

If you mean BPL, it has been rolled out in a few rural areas of the US. I know Cinergy has a lot of BPL customers around Cincinatti.

I hoping it come to southern Indiana soon. Fast up and down.