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British TV Show 'Blackout' Triggers Online LOLs

Posted by timothy on from the if-you-can-read-this-message-the-internet-is-down dept.

judgecorp writes "Britain's Channel 4 screened Blackout, a drama about a cyber-attack which crashes the national power grid. The show was silly enough, with a strong message about the dangers of lighting candles in such a situation, but the Twitter responses were even better. The show terrified some viewers who apparently didn't realise that their TV screen was powered by the grid."

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  1. hey stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    don't put power grids on the open internet. DUH.

    1. Re:hey stupid by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 5, Insightful

      How do you suggest the control room communicate with all the various power stations and electricity consumers across the country then?

      Perhaps, I don't know, they could piggyback a communication network onto the physical power network they own, airgapped from the internet? Maybe they could call each other on the phone like they did for the first ~80 years of the grid's existence?

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