The power grid's greatest enemy has four legs and a bushy tail
by Alex Hern from Technology | The Guardian on (#10MR3)
CyberSquirrel1 aims to show that it's not hackers we should be afraid of - it's squirrels
Across the world blackouts are happening and power grids are being shut down. From Europe to America, and across Asia and Africa, we're losing the cyberwar. But the enemy is not who you might think: it is squirrels.
While we're busy worrying about hackers and rogue states, squirrels scamper into electricity substations and chew through power cables. They're the kamikaze troops in nature's war against national infrastructure.
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