Thread by @WillManidis

On Saturday night, a gunmen opened fire on two power transformers in North Carolina

The attack plunged 45,000 homes into freezing darkness.

This is the second sniper attack on a US power station-- the most important terror campaign you've never heard of.

The event is a sober reminder of the Metcalf Power Station attacks just a few years back

Where an unknown attacker opened fire onto the power station powering the entire Santa Clara Valley. That attack is still unsolved, with no motive or suspect.

https://twitter.com/WillManidis/status/1533814922366308360

in the months following the attack, the US gov ran a simulated attack on the electrical grid.

You can read the report below, but the results were terrifying.

A group of unskilled actors could easily disabled a majority of the US grid.

nerc.com/pa/CI/ESISAC/G…

While many recommendations from the GridEx report were implemented, the NC attack is a sobering reminder that our power grid still remains incredibly vulnerable.

So what do we know about the North Carolina attack?

Around 7pm-- two power stations were hit independently with gunfire.

The wooden gate leading to the substation were also cut open-- suggesting attackers possibly entered the site.

the FBI and state authorities are onsite-- but the human damage is done.

Without cell conductivity, wifi, or heat in sub freezing cold, the human damage of these attacks is already well underway.