Archive for the 'Infrastructure' Category
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 […]
SpaceX Acquires Former Oil Rigs to Serve as Floating Starship Spaceports
January 20th, 2021Via: NASA Space Flight: SpaceX has acquired two former oil drilling rigs to serve as these floating spaceports. Named Phobos and Deimos, after the two moons of Mars, they are currently undergoing modifications to support Starship launch operations. SpaceX has long been hinting at future floating launch and landing sites for their Starship launch system. […]
Big Tech Cleans House
January 15th, 2021Via: Awaken with JP:
The Tiny Satellites That Will Connect Cows, Cars and Shipping Containers to the Internet
January 10th, 2021“Enabling a new kind of everywhere…” Via: Wall Street Journal: In the shadow of giants like SpaceX, more than a dozen startups are building their own globe-spanning networks of nanosatellites, enabling a new kind of everywhere, all-the-time connectivity for people, animals and assets on Earth. … In the near future, it isn’t unreasonable to imagine […]
