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CBS' Bob Orr told us that The Wall Street Journal was his lead for a report that "sophisticated hackers have planted software programs that could disrupt electric service." He followed up with his network's in-house cyberanalyst Paul Kurtz and Kevin Poulsen of wired.com. They were skeptical. Kurtz reckoned that the hackers are only at the stage of seeking to "understand" how the infrastructure of the electricity grid operates. Poulsen stated: "There is just no evidence right now that there is anybody who has invested that kind of effort in order to be able to cause disruptions." On NBC, Pete Williams was similarly cautious. He quoted a "warning" from unnamed administration officials, that cyberspies in China and Russia are--I italicize his hedges--"secretly trying to plant computer software that could be used to disable the power system. The United States has detected a spurt in efforts to search the power grid for weaknesses."
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