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Screw the Hackers: We Squirrels Are the Real Threat!

January 25, 2016

When it comes to attacks on the power grid, squirrels rule. The American Public Power Association even tracks "squirrel blackouts" with its own "Squirrel Index." Who knew?

There's only one power outage (the Ukraine) caused by hackers, purportedly the U.S.. But if visit the light-hearted site CyberSquirrel1.com, you will see that squirrels have caused 623 blackouts. There's even a map to show where the wily creatures have struck.

I particularly enjoyed the first paragraph on the site: "This map lists all unclassified (love that word in this context) Cyber Squirrel Operations that have been released to the public that we have been able to confirm. There are many more executed ops than displayed on this map – however, those ops remain classified."

See how squirrel and other creatures stack up against China, Russia and the U.S. Looks to me like the score is Squirrels – 623, U.S. – 1. We are mere pretenders.

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