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04/09/2016

FBI Warns of Cyber Threat to Electric Grid


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BY: April 8, 2016 6:10 pm

Three months after a Department of Homeland Security intelligence report downplayed the threat of a cyber attack against the U.S. electrical grid, DHS and the FBI began a nationwide program warning of the dangers faced by U.S. utilities from damaging cyber attacks like the recent hacking against Ukraine’s power grid.

The nationwide campaign by DHS and the FBI began March 31 and includes 12 briefings and online webinars for electrical power infrastructure companies and others involved in security, with sessions in eight U.S. cities, including a session next week in Washington.

The unclassified briefings are titled “Ukraine Cyber Attack: Implications for U.S. Stakeholders,” and are based on work with the Ukrainian government in the aftermath of the Dec. 23 cyber attack against the Ukrainian power infrastructure.


Full article: http://freebeacon.com/issues/fbi-warns-cyber-threat-electric-grid/

Posted at 05:39 AM in Cyber Security, CyberSecurity, Homeland Security, Information security, Infrastructure protection, IT Governance |

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