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Politicians respond to reports of cyberattacks by suggesting new plans to protect an increasingly networked electric grid.

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by Maccess April 30, 2009 6:22 PM PDT
"Federal regulators have complained they do not have enough authority over the electric grid networks,..."

Exactly how will giving Federal Regulators more authority over the grid discourage foreign hackers from targetting th grid?

"Senators aim to protect electric grid from hackers..."

Exactly how will Senators protect the grid from hackers? By taking computer classes?
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by Seaspray0 May 1, 2009 11:05 AM PDT
I feel safe now. The senators will protect us. LOL.
by nicmart April 30, 2009 6:22 PM PDT
How will the electric grid be protected from senators?
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by declan00 April 30, 2009 9:22 PM PDT
Clearly you fail to understand the depth of knowledge about technology, and deep appreciation for the tradeoffs inherent in the computer security field, that our esteemed elected representatives no doubt possess.
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by Get_Bent May 1, 2009 1:45 PM PDT
Following in the footsteps of ex-Senator Ted "the Internet is a bunch of tubes" Stevens....
by thirdpipe April 30, 2009 9:23 PM PDT
I recommend we make a law to protect the power grid from clueless Senators.
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by icfdude May 1, 2009 8:22 AM PDT
I feel safer already. I wonder how much this will cost.
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by KimTaylor aka Finiky May 1, 2009 8:53 AM PDT
This is an attempt to allow further intrusion into our personal lives. We already know the FBI abused it's privilege and spied on Americans, for no reason. This will allow the US Government to extend the Big Brother reach. This is bad bad legislation and all in the name of national security.
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by Frewgle May 1, 2009 10:22 AM PDT
Welcome to Obamaland. Wait until Obama and Congress touch healthcare. Soon he will choose your doctor and hospital for you, and what procedures can be done for you. If they cost too much, well that wouldn't be fair to the other broke taxpayers....
by jpbgmail May 1, 2009 2:05 PM PDT
Get a clue, man.

How does this have anything to do with 'intrusion into your personal lives'. Do you have any idea about what protecting the 'grid' means? If you know anything about the electric generation/transmission/distribution system, you should know that it's based on ages old antique technology when security was an after-thought. With the movement toward modernizing & IP-enabling the grid, it's imperative that cybersecurity be studied, analyzed and implemented.

This has *nothing* to do with US government spying or bullcrap like that ...
by jpbgmail May 1, 2009 2:12 PM PDT
Hey Frewgle, dude .. remove those glasses man, they're just making you blind.

This has *nothing* to do with Obamaland or his tax policies or anything. The US electric grid is stuck in the 70s outdated technology. A 'smart' grid might enable new things like renewables, etc, but grid modernization itself is something that's desperately needed here.
by Eddie-c May 1, 2009 10:12 AM PDT
How about simply hiring I.T. staff that know what the hell they are doing and kick the current idiots there out??
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by willdryden May 1, 2009 7:49 PM PDT
There is an easy way to secure it. Hardware IP addresses on a closed hard-wired network. Baring that, there is no security regardless of who is involved.
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by jinnlost5 May 20, 2009 10:04 PM PDT
Safety is the first priority. I hope they learn from the past mistakes.

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