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China Denies Role In US Grid Hacks

Posted by timothy on from the stopped-beating-my-wife dept.

Slatterz writes "The Chinese government is denying any involvement in the reported infiltration of US electric grid systems. Xinhua news agency quoted Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu as saying that any sort of involvement from China in the incident 'doesn't exist at all.' The denial follows a report in the Wall Street Journal which claimed that agents from China and Russia along with several other countries had infiltrated the computer systems charged with managing electricity in the US and left behind software payloads which could be used to control or disable electric grids in the US." Bruce Schneier is skeptical about the whole story.

5 of 91 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Homer Simpson did it as he so dumb and china is by InsertWittyNameHere · · Score: 5, Funny

    Me fail English? That's unpossible!

  2. I'm just jealous by lordandmaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    I wish my country's government (UK) was anywhere near that technically adept...

  3. Re:Someone please hack my grid? by palegray.net · · Score: 3, Funny

    Roger that. I set your coffee machine to start brewing your coffee in about three minutes, but I also took the liberty of making a couple of tweaks to the internal thermostat, just to make sure it's good and hot when you get home. You've got insurance in case something goes awry, right?

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  4. But... by jar240 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Didn't Jack Bauer take care of this two seasons ago?

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  5. I'm just relieved by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    If it were the UK hacking the US power system, my wall outlets would start leaking oil.