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Category: 

Noncompliant_Chips

Date: 

1998-01-10 15:40:59

Subject: 

New York State's Huge List of Threatened Chip Systems

  Link:

http://www.irm.state.ny.us/yr2000/embedlst.htm

Comment: 

Checking all embedded chips and replacing defective ones by hand is beyond the powers of man to achieve. The list of potentially vulnerable systems in New York State is proof.

For better or worse, the embedded chip problem will hit without any resistance from man's puny efforts to solve it (if any).

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Categories/SystemsAgency has

FACILITIES:

Lighting systems (incl. Backup lighting)

Backup generators

Heating, air conditioning & ventilating systems

Climate monitoring systems (incl. Thermostats)

Elevators, escalators, and lifts

Building management systems

Lighting systems

Refrigeration systems

Sprinkler/fountain systems

Switching systems

Water and sewage systems

Water pumps

Vending machines

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT:

Monitoring devices

Automatic medication dispensing equipment

Pacemakers

SECURITY/FIRE:

Security systems (incl. Burglar alarms)

Safes and vaults

Door locks

Fire control systems (incl. alarms, sprinkler systems)

TRANSPORTATION/PARKING:

Vehicle preventative maintenance chips

Gate systems

Variable message signs

Traffic lights

Traffic monitoring devices

ADMINISTRATION:

Fax machines

Phone systems (PBX, voicemail, switching)Mailroom equipment (Incl. Postage meters)

VCRsTimeclocks

MANUFACTURING/PROCESS CONTROL:

Energy control systems

Power grid systems

Power plants/stations

Switching systems

THINGS TO CONSIDER:

1. Everything with a date/time digital readout

2. Everything that respond differently on the weekends vs. Weekdays

Link: 

http://www.irm.state.ny.us/yr2000/embedlst.htm

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