100% certainty of catastrophic failure of energy grid within 3 years

[myrobbins7]

“Unless we wake up and realize what we're doing, there is 100% certainty of total catastrophic failure of the entire power infrastructure within 3 years,” said Chalk. “This could actually be worse than a nuclear war, because it would happen everywhere. How governments and utilities are blindly merging the power grid with the Internet, and effectively without any protection, is insanity at its finest.”


Interesting stuff...Hacking Expert David Chalk Joins Urgent Call to Halt Smart Grid | Business Wire

 

[dreVol]

the stimulus money could have been used to upgrade the grid AND provide employment. instead it was a liberal bonanza

 

[trevols81]

Awesome! Can't wait for the apocalypse!

 

[rebelvol]

Glad I'm in the electrical field.

 

[PowerT83]

If it ain't broke, don't break it.

 

[theutvolunteers]

Texas has its own grid. Good luck y'all!

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

“Unless we wake up and realize what we're doing, there is 100% certainty of total catastrophic failure of the entire power infrastructure within 3 years,” said Chalk. “This could actually be worse than a nuclear war, because it would happen everywhere. How governments and utilities are blindly merging the power grid with the Internet, and effectively without any protection, is insanity at its finest.”


Interesting stuff...Hacking Expert David Chalk Joins Urgent Call to Halt Smart Grid | Business Wire

I would say closer to a localized attack as opposed to anything large scale. The footprint of the smart meter technology is not that big yet, nor will it be getting that large in the next 3 years.

It is a concern (a legitimate concern), but I think we have some alarmism going on with David Chalk's comments.