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General Information
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Title: Lights Out: A Cyberattack, a Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath
Author: Ted Koppel
Read By: Ted Koppel
Copyright: 2015
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Nonfiction - Science & Technology - Politics - War
Publisher: Random House Audio
Abridged: No
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Total Duration: 8:10:32
Total MP3 Size: 224.80
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Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
In this tour de force of investigative reporting, Ted Koppel reveals
that a major cyberattack on America's power grid is not only possible
but likely, that it would be devastating, and that the United States
is shockingly unprepared.
Imagine a blackout lasting not days but weeks or months. Tens of millions
of people over several states are affected. For those without access
to generators, there is no running water, no sewage, no refrigeration
or light. Food and medical supplies are dwindling. Devices we rely on
have gone dark. Banks no longer function, looting is widespread, and
law and order are being tested as never before.
It isn't just a scenario. A well-designed attack on just one of the
nation's three electric power grids could cripple much of our infrastructure
- and in the age of cyberwarfare, a laptop has become the only necessary
weapon.
Several nations hostile to the United States could launch such an assault
at any time. In fact, as a former chief scientist of the NSA reveals,
China and Russia have already penetrated the grid. And a cybersecurity
advisor to President Obama believes that independent actors - from "hacktivists"
to terrorists - have the capability as well. "It's not a question
of if," says Centcom Commander General Lloyd Austin, "it's a question
of when."
And yet, as Koppel makes clear, the federal government, while well prepared
for natural disasters, has no plan for the aftermath of an attack on
the power grid. The current secretary of homeland security suggests
keeping a battery-powered radio.
In the absence of a government plan, some individuals and communities
have taken matters into their own hands. Among the nation's estimated
three million "preppers", we meet one whose doomsday retreat includes
a newly excavated three-acre lake stocked with fish and a Wyoming homesteader
so self-sufficient that he crafted the thousands of adobe bricks in
his house by hand. We also see the unrivaled disaster preparedness of
the Mormon church, with its enormous storehouses, high-tech dairies,
orchards, and proprietary trucking company - the fruits of a long tradition
of anticipating the worst. But how, Koppel asks, will ordinary civilians
survive?
With urgency and authority, one of our most renowned journalists examines
a threat unique to our time and evaluates potential ways to prepare
for a catastrophe that is all but inevitable.
What the Critics Say
"Ted Koppel's unparalleled reporting skills are on full display in Lights
Out. A fascinating and frightening look at just how vulnerable we are
to a cyber attack." (Anderson Cooper)
"Lights Out is a timely warning about the vulnerability of America to
a massive cyber attack that would cripple all we take for granted -
electricity, communication, transportation. This is not science fiction.
Hats off to Ted Koppel for putting us all on alert." (Tom Brokaw)
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