Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
Pentagon Gave Control of Millions of IP Addresses to Florida Shell Company
April 24th, 2021Via: Kentik: Last month, astute contributors to the NANOG listserv highlighted the oddity of massive amounts of DoD address space being announced by what appeared to be a shell company. While a BGP hijack was ruled out, the exact purpose was still unclear. Until yesterday when the Department of Defense provided an explanation to reporters […]
Suez Canal: Attempts to Refloat the Massive Container Ship Have Failed
March 26th, 2021Via: Al Jazeera: Dislodging the ship that is stuck in the Suez Canal could take days or even weeks, experts said, as an ever-greater backlog of ships is gathering in the Red Sea and the Mediterranean waiting for passage. As of Friday morning, the giant Ever Given vessel remained grounded in the same position, with […]
Tesla Is Plugging a Secret Mega-Battery Into the Texas Grid
March 8th, 2021Via: Bloomberg: Elon Musk is getting into the Texas power market, with previously unrevealed construction of a gigantic battery connected to an ailing electric grid that nearly collapsed last month. The move marks Tesla Inc.’s first major foray into the epicenter of the U.S. energy economy. A Tesla subsidiary registered as Gambit Energy Storage LLC […]
Entire Federal Reserve Payment System Crashes
February 25th, 2021Via: Economic Policy Journal: The United States Federal Reserve wire systems went down completely at around around 11:15 a.m ET, making it impossible for banks and other financial institutions to transfer money. The interruption impacted multiple Fed services, including its pivotal automated clearinghouse system, which connects depository and related institutions send electronic credit and debt […]
Damaged Fukushima Reactors Leaking Coolant After Last Weekend’s 7.3 Earthquake
February 21st, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: Increased leakage could require more cooling water to be pumped into the reactors, which would result in more contaminated water that is treated and stored in huge tanks at the plant. TEPCO says its storage capacity of 1.37 million tons will be full next summer. A government panel’s recommendation that it be gradually […]
Texas Failed To Winterize Nuclear Plant Leading To Reactor Shut Down
February 18th, 2021Via: ZeroHedge: A polar vortex split dumped Arctic air into Texas, along with multiple winter storms, created havoc on the state’s power grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). What happened, and why, more specifically, how did one nuclear power plant which provides power for two million homes shutdown? How is it […]
FOUR MILLION TEXANS ARE WITHOUT POWER IN EXTREME WINTER CONDITIONS
February 16th, 2021There are many Cryptogon readers in Texas. I hope you folks are ok. Via: ZeroHedge: Four million Texans are without power Tuesday morning after a polar vortex split poured Arctic air into the region, collapsing the state’s power grid, forcing grid operators to impose rolling blackouts because of higher power demand. The PowerOutage.us website, which […]
From “Event 201” to “Cyber Polygon”: The WEF’s Simulation of a Coming “Cyber Pandemic”
February 15th, 2021Via: Unlimited Hangout: Last year, the World Economic Forum teamed up with the Russian government and global banks to run a high-profile cyberattack simulation that targeted the financial industry, an actual event that would pave the way for a “reset” of the global economy. The simulation, named Cyber Polygon, may have been more than a […]
Millions Without Power in Texas
February 15th, 2021Via: USA Today: An “unprecedented” winter storm continued its assault on the nation Monday, leaving millions without power in Texas and wreaking travel havoc across a wide swath of the central and southern U.S. due to the heavy snow and ice. As of Monday morning, more than 150 million people were under a winter storm […]
Hacker Tried to Overload Florida City’s Water System with Sodium Hydroxide
February 10th, 2021Via: Daily Mail: The hacker who breached the system managed to briefly increase the amount of sodium hydroxide by a factor of one hundred (from 100 parts per million to 11,100 parts per million), according to Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri. Sodium hydroxide, also called lye, is used to treat water acidity but the compound […]
