as quickly as my mood rose, this article dropped it back to reality. oh, yes, we need to be scared of the al-qaeda script kiddies who could take control of our dams, or power substations, through the internet. for a good response that mirrors my own incredulity that any reporter could be so easily duped, check out this slashdot thread. this is far far worse than the dirty bomb scare, because in that experts were quick to point out that there was no evidence that anyone was creating a dirty bomb. in this case though, unsubstantiated claims are preceded by lines like 'They surmise, with limited evidence'. Limited evidence? limited evidence? how can we be expected to even finish the rest of the article if the scare-mongering is being delivered so deadpan? these are, after all, the people who flew planes into buildings. ignoring the fact that no critical systems are hooked up to the internet, the complexity of using a dam floodgate system to kill people is absurd. hell, california had an energy crisis of epic proportions last year, but it wasn't due to terrorists, it was due to greedy corporations. go figure...