On August 29, Hurricane Ida, which reached the southern coast of the USA and affected the states of Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, caused flash floods and great destruction in many regions. As thousands of electricity poles and cables were destroyed by the impact of the hurricane, power outages affecting nearly 1 million users were experienced. Upon this great destruction, the Public Service Commission (PSC) and electricity companies received a reaction from the citizens of Louisiana.
Five members of Louisiana’s Public Service Commission (PSC) scheduled an online meeting via Zoom to discuss power outage issues in the region. The meeting took place on Wednesday with a group of 200 lawyers, lobbyists and company executives. While the commission members were speaking at the meeting, anonymous participants shared their screens and played pornographic videos. In order to resolve this unfortunate issue, the meeting had to be postponed for 15 minutes.
“Hackers have sufficient internet access”
Commission chairman Craig Green, in an interview with The Adyocate newspaper, expressed his thoughts on this event that sabotaged the meeting, saying, “It was unfortunate and disgusting, the hackers apparently have enough electricity and internet access.” The general secretary of the group stated that many fake accounts also participated in the meeting, which was open to the public.
After the meeting resumed, it continued for three and a half hours without interruption. Federal disaster relief requested to offset losses from the storm and to transmit electricity from production facilities to customers has been approved.
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