Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Amazon Acquires Facebook’s Satellite Team
July 14th, 2021Via: Datacenter Dynamics: Amazon has acquired Facebook’s satellite team to boost its Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite efforts. First reported by The Information and confirmed by Business Insider, Amazon has acquired more than a dozen satellite Internet experts from the social media company. The Information reports the Facebook employees – including physicists as well as […]
Ending Anonymity: Why the WEF’s Partnership Against Cybercrime Threatens the Future of Privacy
July 10th, 2021Via: The Last American Vagabond: Of particular interest is the call by both FS-ISAC and the WEF Partnership against Cybercrime to specifically target cryptocurrencies, particularly those that favor transactional anonymity, as well as the infrastructure on which those cryptocurrencies run. Though framed as a way to combat “cybercrime”, it is obvious that cryptocurrencies are to […]
Texas Power Companies Remotely Raise Temperatures on People Using Their “Smart” Thermostats
June 21st, 2021Via: Daily Dot: Power companies in Texas are remotely raising temperatures inside of some customers’ homes amid the state’s ongoing energy shortage.
Lake Mead Falls to Lowest Water Level Since Hoover Dam’s Construction in 1930s
June 11th, 2021Via: USA Today: Lake Mead has declined to its lowest level since the reservoir was filled in the 1930s following the construction of Hoover Dam, marking a new milestone for the water-starved Colorado River in a downward spiral that shows no sign of letting up. The reservoir near Las Vegas holds water for cities, farms […]
Starlink Ground Stations
June 9th, 2021Here’s another one for your herniating Physically Vulnerable Critical Infrastructure file folder. Holy shit. Via: Eliana Sheriff:
Cyber Polygon: Will The Next Globalist War Game Lead To Another Convenient Catastrophe?
June 5th, 2021Via: Alt Market: My biggest concern right now is the upcoming ‘Cyberpolygon’ exercise being headed by the WEF this July. The war game is meant to “simulate” a cyberattack on vital infrastructure that would lead to a shutdown of the global supply chain, or at least the supply chains within certain nations. As I warned […]
U.S. to Give Ransomware Hacks Similar Priority as Terrorism
June 3rd, 2021Via: Reuters: The U.S. Department of Justice is elevating investigations of ransomware attacks to a similar priority as terrorism in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline hack and mounting damage caused by cyber criminals, a senior department official told Reuters. Internal guidance sent on Thursday to U.S. attorney’s offices across the country said information about […]
How did Bill Gates End Up Owning $13 Billion Worth of Canada’s Biggest Railway?
May 16th, 2021Via: The Star: Cascade Investment LLC, the holding company that controls the majority of Bill Gates’s wealth, transferred more than 14 million shares of Canadian National Railway Co. to his soon-to-be-ex. The CN stock was worth almost $1.9 billion (Canadian) and represented about two per cent of total shares in the company, Canada’s biggest railroad. […]
Pipeline Hack: Gas Stations Run Dry
May 11th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: Gas stations along the U.S. East Coast are beginning to run out of fuel as North America’s biggest petroleum pipeline races to recover from a paralyzing cyberattack that has kept it shut for days. From Virginia to Florida and Alabama, stations are reporting that they’ve sold out of gasoline as supplies in the […]
Top U.S. Pipeline Operator Shuts Major Fuel Line After Cyber Attack
May 8th, 2021Via: Reuters: Top U.S. fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline has shut its entire network after a cyber attack, the company said in a statement on Friday. Colonial’s network supplies fuel from U.S refiners on the Gulf Coast to the populous eastern and southern United States. The company transports 2.5 million barrels per day of gasoline, […]
