Data diodes may explain why AI cyber agents haven't disrupted the power grid yet
harris_edouard · x · 2026-10-22
- Edouard Harris argues that regulated one-way data diodes in energy, oil & gas and other critical industries—data can leave the plant but not directly enter it—are a key reason we haven't seen grid-scale disruption.
- Yet in practice there are many ways around air gaps, and AI cyber agents will likely try all of them.
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