Landis+Gyr Smart Meter Info Cover Up

snowhead · Jan 1, 2017

It was a Laptop, Hardly the Grid being hacked.

The Burlington Electric Department said it had been alerted by the government Thursday night, carried out a scan and found the malware in one laptop not connected to its grid systems. It said it took action to isolate that laptop.

However anything with a remote connection is vulnerable.
They keep blaming Putin but it could be any Russian group, or even a non Russian group masquerading as Russian hackers.

And you can bet there are plenty of people hacking into Russian systems.

Barry White · Jan 1, 2017

snowhead said:
It was a Laptop, Hardly the Grid being hacked.

The Burlington Electric Department said it had been alerted by the government Thursday night, carried out a scan and found the malware in one laptop not connected to its grid systems. It said it took action to isolate that laptop.

However anything with a remote connection is vulnerable.
They keep blaming Putin but it could be any Russian group, or even a non Russian group masquerading as Russian hackers.

And you can bet there are plenty of people hacking into Russian systems.

Ok it was a laptop but it was on the system so if not discovered it could have lead to this. an actual attack. I am not out to blame anyone just to make the point its possible.
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In December 2015, a power failure that plunged parts of western Ukraine into the dark was found to be caused by a cyberattack. The Russians were accused of causing the blackout, an allegation they have denied.