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Perhaps having seen the latest Die Hard movie a few too many times, a bunch of hackers have quite promptly hacked their way into computer systems in various cities, attacking the grids and cutting their power. The goal? Anarchy. Or, who knows, maybe just free donuts (assuming Krispy Kreme doesn’t have a backup battery for their security system). The CIA believes the goal was extortion.
“We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States, of cyber intrusions into utilities, followed by extortion demands,” said CIA analyst Tom Donahue, in a statement posted on the Internet and reported yesterday by PC World. “In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet.”
Unfortunately, in true CIA-fear-mongering style, the statement offered no specifics as to which “multiple” cities were affected.
Oh well. Here’s hoping the next time they pull this off it’s not in the middle of the first episode in the new season of Lost.
From PCWorld.com
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