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“Russia to disconnect from the internet as part of a planned test” zdnet.com/article/russia… I’ll be talking about this on @abcadelaide at 1635 ACST / 1705 AEDT abc.net.au/radio/adelaide…
@abcadelaide The radio spot is done. Here’s some links. First the Russian plan to disconnect from the global internet, a non-technical version bbc.com/news/technolog… and a technical version zdnet.com/article/russia…
@abcadelaide A map of the undersea internet cables around the world. …rine-cable-map-2018.telegeography.com Not many connecting Australia. Explore!
@abcadelaide “Woman who cut internet to Georgia and Armenia ‘had never heard of web’” (2011) telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…
@abcadelaide The real threat to the power grid is... squirrels! cybersquirrel1.com
@abcadelaide “A sheep’s head was dropped by an eagle directly onto a powerline in Geraldton, WA, causing more than 2000 people to lose power for 15 hours.” (2015) ecdonline.com.au/content/electr…
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