Nigerian Price + 22 SK April 19, 2018 US lawmakers has approved a string of bills aimed at securing U.S. energy infrastructure from cyber threats following revelations of Russian cyberattacks targeting grid operators. Lawmakers on a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee approved the bills yesterday, weeks after U.S. officials disclosed that Russian hackers staged a multiyear hacking campaign against the energy grid and other critical sectors. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
李伟王芳 + 77 ZL April 19, 2018 In February, DOE said it is planning on upgrading cybersecurity efforts for the American power grid. Funding increases for this year for the Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response is $96 million. That represents a fraction of damage an attack could cause. Some studies predict that cyberattack on 50 generators in the Northeast could leave 93 million people without power and cost the economy over $234 billion. Just remember that other countries are investing more in the both cyber-attack and defense from it. Russia, Iran, North Korea and others have large-scale, offensive cyberattack programs. Russian military already a crippled computers in Ukraine’s financial system last year. This followed 2015 and 2016 cyberattacks that disabled part of Ukraine’s electric grid. US security agencies believe that Russia is laying a foundation for a large scale cyberattack on U.S. infrastructure. The Dragonfly 2.0 hackers, identified by Homeland Security as Russian government cyber actors, pursued a prolonged cyberattack on a U.S. power plant and computer networks controlling the grid. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cokiga Damke + 53 CD April 19, 2018 National security isn’t just about missiles and spies. It’s about maintaining the nation’s supremacy in key industries that are strategic for a number of reasons. This is one of them https://safehaven.com/article/45086/Why-The-White-House-Killed-This-140-Billion-Tech-Deal 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hajga Loma DK + 47 HL April 19, 2018 Puerto Rico is safe then. They are out of power since the hurricane 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stephen + 67 SM April 19, 2018 Why is any of our critical grid infrastructure even able to be accessed on the www? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joanna + 68 JT April 19, 2018 Wait, they are just now doing something? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
李伟王芳 + 77 ZL April 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Hajga Loma DK said: Puerto Rico is safe then. They are out of power since the hurricane no one can hack candlelight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hajga Loma DK + 47 HL April 19, 2018 Shocker. I am sure that US, just in last 15 year, did worse stuff than hacking the power grid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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