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flipped
Third world countries lack the resources to secure their ICS and SCADA. Corrupted US govt doesn't even need NSA's capabilities for this.
barbazoo
> In 2019, the Maduro government accused the United States of conducting a cyberattack on a hydropower plant that plunged much of the country into darkness for a week.

> The power failures caused sporadic outbursts of looting and unrest, bringing the government close to collapse.

amadeuswoo
Stuxnet was 15 years ago. This isn’t crazy news, it’s just the first time it’s being reported openly
baxtr
Those young reporters were still at uni 15 years ago.
msie
Is the US attacking Russia and China and India as well because they’re the biggest threats?
buildbot
It would be funny in this case if it was really just an open SCADA for their entire power grid that they clicked “off”, then “on”.