The fear of cyber attack against America is ratcheting up with the Iranian threats of “retaliation.” However, as we learned on Houston’s Morning News, Iran has never stopped its attempts and sometimes success at cyber warfare against critical sites of American security.
We talked with Dr Ed Peters of Data Discovery Scientists and learned of an Iran attempt to open the gates of a dam in New York. The hackers had entered the system, but the gates were offline for maintenance that day. Close call. With Gulf Coast Texas the epicenter of refineries, shipping, 1/3 of the nation’s power grid, a nuclear plant; yeah, that gets your attention. Listen to the podcast HERE.