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2021-06-08 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

Energy secretary says enemies are capable of shutting down US power grid

[NYPOST] Adversaries to the US are capable of shutting down the nation’s electrical grid, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm

...Former Dem governor of Michigan. The snappy way she put that place in order after years of misgovernment by somebody or other qualified her to become Energy Secretary in the Biden administration...
admitted Sunday, saying that such cybersecurity attacks are "happening all the time."

Granholm warned of the system’s vulnerabilities — amid an uptick of ransomware sieges — on CNN
...the organization formerly known as the Cable News Network. Now who knows what it might stand for...
’s "State of the Union."

"Yeah, they do," Granholm told host Jake Tapper when asked if foreign actors have the ability to make the power grid go dark.

"There are very malign actors who are trying, even as we speak," she explained. "There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally."

Granholm added, "It’s happening all the time. This is why the private sector and the public sector have to work together."

Granholm, the former Michigan governor, touted the Biden administration’s efforts to combat cyberattacks.

She said "working with other countries, working with the private sector, working inside of our own government — the president has been issuing these executive orders, to make sure our own house is in order — [and] making sure that citizens are able to protect themselves" is all necessary to prevent cyberattacks.

"The bottom line is we have all got to up our games, with respect to our cyber defenses," said Granholm.

Posted by Fred 2021-06-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [21 views ] Top

#1 "Adversaries to the US are capable of shutting down the nation’s electrical grid...."

So, what are you saying, lady, that our friends don't? Or, that the US doesn't have its egesta together on the cybersecurity front? Go away.

Posted by Clem 2021-06-08 00:36|| 2021-06-08 00:36|| Front Page Top

#2 Well then, titless wonder - maybe you should make efforts to prevent this from happening?

My god - we're fucked if this is our level of leadership.

Posted by Raj 2021-06-08 01:01|| 2021-06-08 01:01|| Front Page Top

#3 Advanced apologies for our transgendered readers who don't have real tits, like this excuse for a broad.

Posted by Raj 2021-06-08 01:03|| 2021-06-08 01:03|| Front Page Top

#4 Adversaries to the US

I thought the copybook said use the term 'white supremacists'. She didn't get the memo?

Posted by Procopius2k 2021-06-08 08:02|| 2021-06-08 08:02|| Front Page Top

#5 Major media, government websites experience outages

Posted by Skidmark 2021-06-08 08:28|| 2021-06-08 08:28|| Front Page Top

#6 We have an entire federal government agency, the Computer and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), part of the Department of Homeland Security, dedicated to cyber security. They've been in business for many years. But I would say at this point they share the reputation of the CIA, ATF and FBI for dropping the ball.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-06-08 12:11|| 2021-06-08 12:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Why proclaim your incompetence...Oh, yes, bureaucrats never have to pay any price because it is always "someone else" that is at fault.

Posted by magpie 2021-06-08 13:00|| 2021-06-08 13:00|| Front Page Top

#8

No Surprise here.
Remember the Northwest power grid On August 2003 outage years ago.

Unlike the cover story, back channels credit it to a Hacker who "accidentally" started a induced cascading shutdown.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-06-08 19:08|| 2021-06-08 19:08|| Front Page Top

#9
Incompetency The lack of ability, knowledge, legal qualification, or fitness to discharge a required duty or professional obligation. The term incompetency has several meanings in the law. She exhibits it all.

Posted by Chans Tingle4088 2021-06-08 19:49|| 2021-06-08 19:49|| Front Page Top

#10
Employee Reflects Her Boss.

Posted by Chans Tingle4088 2021-06-08 19:52|| 2021-06-08 19:52|| Front Page Top

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