Al Qaida knocks out yemens power grid

[Cpt Caveman]

Just a test run for a larger assault? U betcha.

Al-Qaida attacks, knocks out Yemeni grid

 

[Birds Away]

It wasn't exactly a "hard target".

 

[Baditude]

Imagine the power grid for NYC or Chicago going down on a hot summer day

 

[Cpt Caveman]

Someone connects the dots! Coming to a country near you.....

 

[T.Lex]

I think they are burying the lede. The bigger news is that Yemen had a power grid.

Of course, yes, it does show that they are thinking along the lines (pardon the pun) that could wreak serious havoc here.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

The Yemeni power network is small and unreliable to start with. I met several Yemeni soldiers while contracting and generators are a big market there because the central power grid is junk.

I don't know anything about power grids and how much they scale, but I'm not sure an attack on Yemen's power grid holds any real lessons on how a larger and more robust system could be attacked. Perhaps some of our resident electricians could help out.

Here's an article to give you an idea of how fragile and small the system we're talking about is: Yemen | Electricity | GlobalPost

 

[BigBoxaJunk]

Yeah, I'm thinking it would be like learning how a Comodore 64 works in preparation to hack NORAD.

 

[zippy23]

There have been many attempts over the years at attacking our power grid, most are unsuccessful at least on a large scale. The problem is that if they take down a large on like in NY it affects a lot more than just that area. And there are simple fixes that cost very little that could protect the grip from attacks, as well as solar storms. I doubt we'll do it though, we'd rather close down coal plants and hike up rates.

 

[printcraft]

It wasn't exactly a "hard target".

HA!!!!