U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

Thu Jul 8 11:48:09 UTC 2010

On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:16 AM, Michael Painter <tvhawaii at shaka.com> wrote:

> Have we all gone mad?
> I find it hard to understand that a nuclear power plant, air-traffic control
> network, or electrical grid would be 'linked' to the Internet in the
> interest of 'efficiency'.  Air gap them all and let them apply for
> "Inefficiency Relief" from the $100 million relief fund.
>
>
Efficiency in this context refers to the nuke plant operator checking
his email and playing games online.  It is not efficient to have him
use one computer for the power plant and one for his personal use.
</sarcasm>