Comments on: Data-center worker sabotages Calif. power grid

An unhappy computer technician admits trying to shut down part of California's power grid in an attempt to get back at his boss.

[elisamei]

Power Grid is really vulnerable

Our power grid has huge flaws and is much more vulnerable to attack that most people seem to think- ( http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=515&doc_id=136047 )

[billmosby]

Sure is...

It goes up and down like a pogo stick all the time, doesn't it? Or am
I dreaming?

[tmchuck]

Good Feeling?

Does it give you a good feeling that felons are in control of our power grid?

[likes2comment]

Shut off the lights.

First one out, please shut off the lights, especially when working in a nuclear power plant.

[jltnol]

20 programers?

to fix it?

That seems to mean that no one knows what's running the whole
thing.

Now, all we need to do is convince the electric utilities to pare down
their profits and invest in the grid and security..

[Jack Gratteau]

How Many Engineers does it take to change a light bulb?

Broken access panel? - then it must be a hardware problem - but he pressed the button and nuttn happend - Where did the software queue that action? And BTW - this is California ISO - not a government body but an independent collective of private industry - the chewing gum and bandaid that underlies the infrastructure of largest economy in these United States.