Lights Out Ted Koppel Reviews

Koppel considers the catastrophic consequences of a long term collapse in one of america s three electric power grids resulting from a cyberattack or an act of war.

Lights out ted koppel reviews.

While the federal government may be underprepared to aid citizens in a grid down scenario koppel traverses the nation to find those who have exemplified personal preparedness measures for a myriad of disaster scenarios. Lights out is both an acknowledgement of the power grid s vulnerability as well as a call to action to for the government and its citizens. Lights out was a fascinating if terrifying expose on the possibility and repercussions of a terrorist cyberattack on the u s. A cyberattack a nation unprepared surviving the aftermath by ted koppel key takeaways analysis review is a summary of koppel s journalistic essay on the deadly potential of a cyberattack on the united states power grid.

Award winning journalist and longtime nightline anchor koppel off camera. In my view lights out. Private thoughts made public 2000 etc sounds the alarm over the likelihood of a devastating cyberattack on the infrastructure of the united states. Koppel paints a vivid picture of this scenario and lays out a technical but comprehensible map on how it could actually occur.