{"id":14789,"date":"2018-03-19T08:15:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=14789"},"modified":"2018-03-19T08:16:48","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T13:16:48","slug":"first-why-dont-you-have-a-suit-of-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/03\/19\/first-why-dont-you-have-a-suit-of-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"First, Why Don&#8217;t You Have A Suit Of Armor?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Goldsmith talks about the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/living-inside-adversary-networks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/living-inside-adversary-networks&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521327726697000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFJKx2PMpkWR1KNo7SweOXHu95H3g\">vulnerabilities\u00a0<\/a>of the U.S. energy infrastructure on\u00a0<i><b>Lawfare<\/b><\/i>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"gmail_quote\"><p>Moreover, the U.S. government has for many years warned that foreign adversaries have penetrated U.S. networks in ways that could be preparation for devastating cyberattacks. As long ago as November 2014, NSA director Mike Rogers\u00a0<a class=\"m_-7124264540485624138gmail-twitter-timeline-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-could-shut-down-us-power-grid-cyber-attack-says-nsa-chief-286119\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-could-shut-down-us-power-grid-cyber-attack-says-nsa-chief-286119&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521327726698000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE1m-1ShIxpODfAXuEidn5apU0bkg\">warned<\/a>\u00a0that China and \u201cprobably one or two other countries\u201d were inside the networks that controlled U.S. critical infrastructure, including the power grid, and could thus attack or disrupt those networks.\u00a0<a class=\"m_-7124264540485624138gmail-twitter-timeline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/06\/technology\/nuclear-plant-hack-report.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/06\/technology\/nuclear-plant-hack-report.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521327726698000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHaT2JHZMq2tk6nGWdWhlaLBxRqQQ\">At least<\/a><a class=\"m_-7124264540485624138gmail-twitter-timeline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-cyber-energy\/u-s-warns-public-about-attacks-on-energy-industrial-firms-idUSKBN1CQ0IN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-cyber-energy\/u-s-warns-public-about-attacks-on-energy-industrial-firms-idUSKBN1CQ0IN&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521327726698000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGApBip5LSu1MqA7-b6R5fc2XhG5Q\">\u00a0twice<\/a>\u00a0in 2017, the U.S. government warned that foreign hackers had penetrated the computer networks of companies that run energy facilities in the United States. In November 2017,\u00a0<a class=\"m_-7124264540485624138gmail-twitter-timeline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/hackers-gain-switch-flipping-access-to-us-power-systems\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/hackers-gain-switch-flipping-access-to-us-power-systems\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1521327726698000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGr3rzzX4x0JmKji9OeTGFvbR68Rw\">Symantec reported<\/a>\u00a0that hackers, including ones linked to the Russian government, had gained access to the computer networks of electrical utility companies.<\/p>\n<p>So there is little that is new or surprising in the revelation that Russia is probing and placing potentially offensive implants in the computers that operate the U.S. electrical grid. But of course the revelation comes in the context of deep anxiety about Russian interference in the 2016 election and is exacerbated by deteriorating relations between Russia and the West.<\/p>\n<p>The news that Russia and other adversary nations are deeply embedded in U.S. critical infrastructure networks\u2014and that we are embedded in theirs\u2014raises at least the following questions:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jack Goldsmith talks about the\u00a0vulnerabilities\u00a0of the U.S. energy infrastructure on\u00a0Lawfare: Moreover, the U.S. government has for many years warned that foreign adversaries have penetrated U.S. networks in ways that could be preparation for devastating cyberattacks. As long ago as November 2014, NSA director Mike Rogers\u00a0warned\u00a0that China and \u201cprobably one or \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/03\/19\/first-why-dont-you-have-a-suit-of-armor\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14789"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14825,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14789\/revisions\/14825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}