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  • I run a power grid. We have our own fiber optic network, run on the towers. 100% air gapped. No working from home. No IOT. Nothing fancy. SCADA control center staffed 24/7. If I want to know something I call them. This is the only way.
    by reverendjames
  • Let me guess, SCADA system is somehow accessible from outside.
    by pjmlp
  • It is either the fact most major infrastructure in the UK seems to be run on computer systems introduced by a man with no knowledge and struggles to turn on a computer. Or it is the start of a UK government attempt to reduce freedoms by stating look there are naughty terrorists out there that will do harm to the UK if we don't restrict programs and usage of systems.

    I imagine the former, but it will be used for the latter.

    by ktallett
  • Why would a power plant system be exposed to internet in the first place
    by sajithdilshan
  • Anything from the Telegraph should be treated as suspect and an alternative source should be found.
    by donohoe
  • If I were an incompetent manager that need to oversee crumble infrastructure, I'd like to blame my problems on evil hackers from the other side of the world.

    This story does not look real.

    by neves
  • Coming soon:

    * Iran caused fall of German manufacturing

    * Iranian investors caused housing shortage in Netherlands

    * Iranians are pushing French to protest against pension age reforms

    by throwaw12
  • That reads like a scare story for MPs so they approve more money to some dodgy outfit that will save us all from the ever growing axis of evil...again.
    by CrzyLngPwd

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