In the last year, many email accounts have been hacked, Facebook pages hacked and and eve debit cards hacked.
Recently, one article said Telvent, a company that monitors many a big oil pipeline,?was hacked. Not by a bunch?of?nerds in their mama’s basement, but by China’s?People’s Liberation Army. I also read this hacking group is so strong they can shut down the whole US?oil and power system!?Think about that when?you fill up at the pump or even turn off the lights.?Also, China is our biggest economic competitor, and in a strange way, our biggest economic bed fellow.?I dare you to find anything?computer related device in your home not made?in China.
But not the case with Iran. And their hackers brought down computers and machines?of?Saudi Amaco, the biggest oil producer in the world. They left their calling card with an image of an American flag burning. Wasn’t that nice?of them (I’m being sarcastic, not?treasonous!) This is a nation with nothing to?lose. It’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad,?openly said he wants to see entire nations wiped off the map. And they have?hackers?powerful enough to shut down big?international oil?
What are private companies and government entities doing about this possible threat? What can they do about it? Or should I just turn back to my regularly scheduled programming because I’m reading too much into this?