Cyber attacks on the USA (catch all)

[AdamG]

US Still Doesn’t Know Who’s In Charge of What If Massive Cyber Attack Strikes Nation
NOVEMBER 3, 2015 BY PATRICK TUCKER
Cyber physical attacks on infrastructure may be an unlikely sneak attack, but if it happens, the chain of command is far from clear.
http://www.defenseone.com/threats/20...ref=d-mostread

[AdamG]

*Indicators*

http://entertainment.suntimes.com/en...-truly-lights/

For Koppel it was a series of what he called “repeated little items,” and he provided several examples.

“For instance, there was the time [former Defense Secretary and CIA director] Leon Panetta refered to a ‘cyber Pearl Harbor.’ Or when Janet Napolitano was leaving, after almost five years as secretary of Homeland Security. She gave a speech at the National Press Club in Washington — and way down at the bottom of the speech was this warning we were facing a cyber-attack on the power grid.

“Then President Obama in 2013 said something about foreign governments trying to break into our power grid with cyber techniques.”

While each piece wasn’t all that compelling, the combination of those mentions led Koppel to want to look into the potential threats to America. He thought initially that if all those “well-informed people are offering warnings about the likelihood of this happening, what is being done about it?”

[davidbfpo]

From CNA a report on the power grid:https://www.cna.org/mab/reports?

It seems like everyone knows there is a problem and what solutions are available, but no-one does anything. A common problem here too.

[AdamG]

From CNA a report on the power grid:https://www.cna.org/mab/reports?

It seems like everyone knows there is a problem and what solutions are available, but no-one does anything. A common problem here too.

It's easier to jump on social media and do some hashtag activism.

#HouseCurrentMatters

[AdamG]

A U.S. intelligence official told CBS News that the signature of the breach is Russian and the U.S. government has identified methods and techniques used by Russia in past hacks that mirror those used in the DNC incursion.

"We understand how hack groups use the Internet to attack. The pattern and launch point used before by Russians is similar to the DNC attack," the official said.

A cyber analyst quoted by the Associated Press, Michael Buratowski with Fidelis Cybersecurity, which investigated the hack, said he was near certain that Russia was the culprit, based on the use by the hackers of "Russian internet addresses, Russian language keyboards, and the time codes corresponding to business hours in Russia, as well as the sophistication of the hack," according to the AP.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-...d-on-dnc-hack/


In related popcorn-worthy readings, see also https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/757335823754887168

[AdamG]

San Francisco's BART system shut down. Welcome to the BladeRunner world.
http://gizmodo.com/commuters-get-fre...anc-1789408436