Large Critical Systems Under Attack

Bring large critical systems to their knees by attacking non-critical components

Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Station

Failure = Backup diesel generators

Potential Catastrophe = Meltdown and Nuclear explosion, radiation leakage to ocean and atmosphere.

Siberian Gas Pipeline

Failure = "In order to disrupt the Soviet gas supply, its hard currency earnings from the West, and the internal Russian economy, the pipeline software that was to run the pumps, turbines and valves was programmed to go haywire after a decent interval, to reset pump speeds and valve settings to produce pressures far beyond those acceptable to pipeline joints and welds.

Actual Catastrophe = "the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space" in the summer of 1982.

Data Centers

Failure = Attack non critical system such as HVAC cooling systems which are essential to the operation of the servers. No cooling means no processing.

Potential Catastrophe = Data Center Shutdown, Banking Shutdowns, Ecommerce Shutdowns

Spot the Data Center: The roof is covered in cooling equipment. Turn off the air conditioning and turn off the data center.

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