Tag Archives for disruption
Fortifying Airplot
Opponents to a Heathrow airport expansion, including Greenpeace, are looking for ways to solidify their control over the parcel of land. They’re crowdsourcing the fortifications. The structure will need to house activists for long periods of time and act as … Continue reading
Hacking Air Traffic Systems
Righter Kunkel was careful not to show exactly how to bring aircraft out of the sky. But he showed how its easy to shut down information going into an air traffic control tower, jam radar, submit a fake aircraft flight … Continue reading
Crashing Tehran’s Electricity Grid
NYT – A flier circulating in Tehran, for example, asked people to turn on all their electrical appliances at the same time to crash the electric grid as a sign of defiance. -Shlok Sign up for my newsletter.
The Story of Morgan Hill
Bruce Person has a nice short article on how Morgan Hill coped with being forcibly firewalled from the internet. In short, they did well because of embedded resiliency – public/private partnerships coupled with actually useful government services focused on other … Continue reading
Acts of God
The Oil Drum has the details on Gustav. (Much better than MSM). The election is pegged on where this storm lands. More importantly, LOOP (East coast’s oil supertanker port) is smack dab in the middle of the storm’s likely pathway. … Continue reading