Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
FAA Computer Failure Cripples U.S. Air Traffic Control System
June 9th, 2007Via: Washington Post: A computer glitch at a flight information processing center this morning is delaying flights across the eastern seaboard, according to reports from the Federal Aviation Administration. FAA spokeswoman Diane Spitaliere said computer systems in Atlanta that process flight plan and weather-related data for flights nationwide failed early this morning, causing delays on […]
U.S. Legislation Would Bring Wind Power to ‘Grinding Halt’
May 29th, 2007Power crisis? The only power crisis we have involves the people in power. Isn’t it interesting how this affects individuals who use wind turbines?! Will the government’s service to the criminal mining and drilling interests be worth touching off armed standoffs over wind turbines? Hmm. Even I can’t believe the U.S. Government would be that […]
Project Hydra: “Attack-Proof” Power Line to be Installed Under New York
May 22nd, 2007Do you ever wonder why “the terrorists” don’t attack the undefended power and data infrastructures in the United States? You hear a lot about “the terrorists” trying to acquire weapons of mass destruction, but you don’t hear much about the damage that could be done with bolt cutters, shovels and wrenches. I guess we are […]
Symantec False Positive Cripples Thousands of Chinese PCs
May 20th, 2007Not as destructive as a powerful EMP weapon, but this is an impressive result for a software bomb. Via: Computerworld: A signature update to Symantec’s anti-virus software crippled thousands of Chinese PCs Friday when the security software took two critical Windows .dll files for malware. According to numerous blog entries from Chinese computer users, a […]
Excessive Network Traffic Blamed for Nuclear-Plant Shutdown
May 20th, 2007Via: Security Focus: The U.S. House of Representative’s Committee on Homeland Security called this week for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to further investigate the cause of excessive network traffic that shut down an Alabama nuclear plant.
Government Working on Plan for Aftermath of Nuclear Bombing of Major City
May 14th, 2007In, Waiting for Clarity on the Brink of Oblivion, I wrote: You do not want to try to reach the exit as millions of other people attempt to do the same thing. Waiting for clarity is not often rewarded. Many Cryptogon readers think that they’re going to hedge their bets, and stay put for as […]
The New PSYOP Payload: Bird Flu and the Collapse of the Internet
February 14th, 2007I’m still paying attention to the fallout from the incident involving the root DNS nodes. In the course of following that story, I came across the Strong Angel III operation, which proposed a scenario involving a pandemic avian flu outbreak with follow-on strategic information warfare attacks. Today, Slashdot linked to a story from last June […]
U.S. Military Plans for Cyber Counterattack
February 12th, 2007Via: Network World: If the United States found itself under a major cyberattack aimed at undermining the nation’s critical information infrastructure, the Department of Defense is prepared, based on the authority of the president, to launch a cyber counterattack or an actual bombing of an attack source. … This week’s massive but unsuccessful denial-of-service (DoS) […]
DISA Plans New Top-Secret Presidential Network
February 9th, 2007The focus on HEMP is interesting. Via: fcw.com: The White House Communications Agency (WHCA) has developed a six-year plan budgeted at $35 million to beef up presidential communications with a new top-secret network and multimedia Crisis Management System (CMS) designed to operate in a wide range of fixed locations, on Air Force One and on […]
NSA Electricity Crisis Gets Senate Scrutiny
February 9th, 2007Via: Baltimore Sun: The National Security Agency’s impending electricity shortfall is “sort of a national catastrophe,” Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said yesterday. Rockefeller, who took over as head of the panel when Democrats regained control of the Senate this month, called the power shortage a symptom of […]
