Quick Take: An anti-smart-grid group that believes the smart grid is a global conspiracy to assert “absolute control in the lives and homes of the world’s citizens” is now trying a new tactic to scare consumers away from grid modernization. The group has convinced a self-proclaimed security expert to issue a press release asserting that the entire power grid is at risk of being taken down by cyber attack. David Chalk goes so far as to predict “100% certainty of catastrophic failure of the energy grid within 3 years.”

via Smart Grid: Blackout 100% certain in three years, claim smart grid opponents.

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