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Father, we pray that you would keep us safe from attack from the enemy, no matter who that enemy is. We pray that you would strengthen our electronics so that they are less vulnerable. Give wisdom to our engineers and cybersecurity defenders so that they can ensure our safety.
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We are more vulnerable than we think we are. In times like these, not only should we push our government to keep us safe, we also must trust in God as our refuge.

From CBN. Electrical substations are in almost every city nationwide. Most house transformers play a huge part in getting power out to you. The larger they are, the more critical.

“Transformers have been called by many people the ‘Achilles’ heel’ of the electric grid,” explained Joe Weiss, an engineer, and independent consultant.

Transformers take voltage sent by power plants and convert it to a level that can be distributed. Essentially, they keep electricity flowing at safe levels.

While the U.S. electric grid consists of thousands of them, the high voltage carriers make up less than three percent. Even so, they are responsible for transporting 60 to 70 percent of our electricity….

They’re also custom-made in China and experts like Weiss say, while the U.S. is busy securing its networks, China has the ability and opportunity to sabotage the equipment we rely on them to manufacture.

Essentially, they’ve created a “backdoor” into our electric grid….

He said this is no hypothetical warning. The U.S. has already discovered backdoor electronics in a Chinese-made transformer….

There are more than 200 of these large Chinese transformers in our electric grid today. One accounts for 10 percent of the power going to New York City, another supplies 18 to 20 percent of the power going to Las Vegas. Yet, the U.S. is focused on our cyber networks, something China has already proven it can bypass.

“Instead of trying to hack all of these networks and everything else to get in, all they did was put in some hardware that will allow them to send signals. So instead of sending a voltage signal that’s coming from a voltage sensor in that transformer, they can send a signal from Beijing into that piece of equipment,” Weiss explained.

In February of 2021, an arctic blast froze 40 percent of Texas’ electric grid. Millions of homes and businesses were left without power. The outages lasted only days, but more than 100 people died.

Back in 2012, then-Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned a room full of business leaders about the scope of a true attack on the U.S. grid.

“The collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber Pearl Harbor. An attack that would cause physical destruction and the loss of life. An attack that would paralyze and shock the nation and create a new profound sense of vulnerability,” Panetta predicted.

Weiss said the question is not if this kind of attack will happen, but rather, will we even know it was a cyber attack.

“What a sophisticated attacker will do and Russia, and China, even Iran, and North Korea now fit into this, they will make a cyber attack look like an equipment malfunction,” Weiss told CBN News….

Experts like Weiss stress that our critical infrastructure is made up of engineering equipment and it will take a partnership between engineers and cybersecurity defenders to truly protect it….

(Excerpt from CBN. Photo Credit: ETA+ on Unsplash)

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Ingrid
March 8, 2022

Fellow intercessors, much of this is new to me but the world of AI the world of man that thinks everything can be known and predicted and manage reminds much of the tower of babel.

How foolish those who think they would be wise .

In God‘s perfect timing the truth of these times will be revealed. standfast fellow Christian friend and sibling

In the powerful name of Christ Jesus amen

The battle of Jericho was one with prayer much prayer and seven rounds of corn playing and worship to the Lord, and the walls came tumbling down. In that spirit the Warriors then rushed off to take a I a I. There was a slaughter slaughter.

In our successes in in our needs praise and worship the Lord God Almighty nothing is accomplished without him. In Christ powerful name amen

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Staci
March 7, 2022

Two Decembers ago while in prayer the words electrical grid popped up. The next day in the news it was reported that someone hacked or tried to hack into a building here in the US that houses the CODES to our electrical grid! So that’s been a topic of prayer almost nightly since then. Please also note that some of the power outages will be planned so as to “save the environment” , Climate Change stuff and the line “Americans need to learn to live with less”. Dear God please be a wall of fire about the US electrical grid to protect it, keep it safe and running. Please also Lord God be the same to all that pertains to it and thank you for the wonder that is electricity and all that it can do. Thank you for blessing the world with it! In Jesus name, amen.

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Rose Rocha
March 7, 2022

Lord, we need your guidance and protection like never before. Let us believe you word and trust you more and more. That you will not leave or forsake us. May we lean on your promises in your word. That you are a good good father. In Jesus’ name. Amen

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Rose Rocha
March 7, 2022

Lord, we need your guidance and protection like never before. Let us believe you word and trust you more and more. That you will not leave or forsake us. May we lean on your promises in your word. That you are a good good father. In Jesus’ name. Amen

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Susan CC
March 7, 2022

Psalm 90, personalized… https://biblehub.com/psalms/90-17.htm
Lord God Almighty, You have been our dwelling place forever. From everlasting to everlasting, You are God. In Your eyes, this time is but a moment. But our lives quickly pass and many times in labor and sorrow because of pride. Please teach us to number our days to gain wisdom. Thank You for Your compassion through salvation in Jesus Christ. Thank You for Your loving devotion, which ushers in joy and gladness. May we be glad in all our years. May we and all generations after us, see Your work in all its splendor with Your favor ever resting upon us. May our efforts be established in You alone. I pray this in the Name of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Amen

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