Northeast Blackout Caused By A Software Bug

from the some-bug dept

Turns out after all the various speculation on reasons, the big northeast blackout from last summer was the result of a software bug that was only just discovered - and not (as many had speculated) from the Blaster worm that was going around at the time. The bug meant that an alarm that should have been triggered never went off - leading to a series of problems that went unnoticed until it was too late.

Leave a Comment..


If you liked this post, you may also be interested in...
 

Add Your Comment

Have a Techdirt Account? Sign in now. Want one? Register here
Get Techdirt’s Daily Email
Save me a cookie
  • Note: A CRLF will be replaced by a break tag (<br>), all other allowable HTML will remain intact
  • Allowed HTML Tags: <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <hr> <tt>


A word from our Sponsors...
Follow Techdirt
Flattr rss rss
From the Techdirt Archive...
A word from our Sponsors...

Close

Email This