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Cargando... Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermathpor Ted Koppel
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. I had hoped for more useful suggestions on how to deal with the "eventuality of a debilitating cyber attack on the grid". The first part of the book is establishing that the best experts consider that it is an "eventuality". It's going to happen. He covers, not graphically- that would require a novel- the problems that would result from such a cyber attack: months of no power for large portions of the country. He spoke to those who will have to deal with the problem, and the short form is that they don't know. There is no way to deal with large urban populations who don't have power. They won't have water, food, much less light and communication, and it will be chaos. Some suggest moving them out to the country- but while rural areas seem like they could survive better, they don't have the ability to take those huge numbers of refugees. Basically, what he's saying is that because there is no way to deal with it, those in charge continue to try to prevent it because as unlikely as that is, it's cheaper and easier to think about. That is not going to help. Bottom line, plan now and figure out what you're going to do. Since we're in the range of one gas-tank's worth of driving from Boston, I figure I'll just die. Darn. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ? Ted Koppel reveals that a major cyberattack on America??s power grid is not only possible but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States is shockingly unprepared. ??Fascinating, frightening, and beyond timely.???Anderson Cooper Imagine a blackout lasting not days, but weeks or months. Tens of millions of people over several states are affected. For those without access to a generator, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and law and order are being tested as never before. It isn??t just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the nation??s three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure??and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary weapon. Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals, China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors??from ??hacktivists? to terrorists??have the capability as well. ??It??s not a question of if,? says Centcom Commander General Lloyd Austin, ??it??s a question of when.? And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on the power grid. The current Secretary of Homeland Security suggests keeping a battery-powered radio. In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities have taken matters into their own hands. Among the nation??s estimated three million ??preppers,? we meet one whose doomsday retreat includes a newly excavated three-acre lake, stocked with fish, and a Wyoming homesteader so self-sufficient that he crafted the thousands of adobe bricks in his house by hand. We also see the unrivaled disaster preparedness of the Mormon church, with its enormous storehouses, high-tech dairies, orchards, and proprietary trucking company??the fruits of a long tradition of anticipating the worst. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians survive? With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines a threat unique to our time and evaluates poten No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Koppel has always been an incredible journalist and this is a highly researched book. In short, what happens if a group decides to hack our electrical systems or other systems that are powered by computers and can be remotely accessed. As I was reading it, I kept thinking- yes, this might happen, but what is the likelihood? Then the idea that the Russians hacked the election showed up.
I did find the book dragged just a tiny bit as it kept hammering the same point, but it is hard to state this is a bad book. I think it is worth reading.
I gave this one 4 stars.
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