Ask HN: Has the race condition code of 2003 NE Blackout ever been released?

Heykuki News

19 points

9 years ago

A subtle race condition in C/C++ code caused what was, at the time, the 2nd most widespread power outage in history:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003

I am curious if the code containing the race condition -- and the specific details of how it was triggered -- has ever been released. If so, where?

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