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Cyberattack in Venezuela Demonstrated Precision of U.S. Capabilities

65 pointsby 7402today at 3:02 PM73 commentsview on HN

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barbazootoday at 3:43 PM

> In 2019, the Maduro government accused the United States of conducting a cyberattack on a hydropower plant that plunged much of the country into darkness for a week.

> The power failures caused sporadic outbursts of looting and unrest, bringing the government close to collapse.

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amadeuswootoday at 3:55 PM

Stuxnet was 15 years ago. This isn’t crazy news, it’s just the first time it’s being reported openly

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buildbottoday at 4:18 PM

It would be funny in this case if it was really just an open SCADA for their entire power grid that they clicked “off”, then “on”.

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zarflaxtoday at 3:33 PM

https://archive.is/rUYS4

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flippedtoday at 3:40 PM

Third world countries lack the resources to secure their ICS and SCADA. Corrupted US govt doesn't even need NSA's capabilities for this.

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msietoday at 4:02 PM

Is the US attacking Russia and China and India as well because they’re the biggest threats?

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sylwaretoday at 3:07 PM

javascript only

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