Showing how vulnerable the infrastructure is
If you are like me, you worry about how easy it would be to cause a serious problem with something in our infrastructure- electric power, water, communications, transportation, etc. CNET has a piece, Breaking into a power station in three easy steps, that illustrates why I worry:
“I will tell (you) how to break into a nuclear reactor,” Ira Winkler, president of security firm ISAG said as he launched into his presentation on “How to Take Down the Power Grid” at RSA 2008 on Tuesday night.
“Frankly, it’s really easy to break into the power grid,” he said. “It happens all the time.”