We've known and talked pretty openly in mainstream media about how trivial an attack like this would be. Seriously can't get away from the gut feeling that this may be the tip of an iceberg here.
We've known and talked pretty openly in mainstream media about how trivial an attack like this would be. Seriously can't get away from the gut feeling that this may be the tip of an iceberg here.
@alyssam_infosec I was a fed employee in late 90s/early 2000s working in telecom infra & incident communications/management. Those conversations were already going on back then.
I don't have a warm fuzzy feeling about progress 😒
same vulnerabilities also exist here
in Britain and rest of Northern Europe and there are already disgruntled elements of the population (particularly in suburban semi rural areas) who might choose to attack such infrastructure - maybe even more so, as guns and ammo are controlled here making it harder to shoot at large groups of people whereas substations are mostly only protected against metal theft rather than sabotage..
Friends with linemen and other assorted infrastructure support types.
They've addressed fucking nothing.
@alyssam_infosec @zebpalmer I remember when this happened in 2014, and folks just sort of forgot about it a day later.