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FBI Warn Of Cyber Attack On Electrical Grid

The FBI have warned that the U.S. is in danger of suffering from a cyber attack on its electrical grid – similar to the recent hacking attacks seen against Ukraine’s national power grid. Last month the DHS and FBI began a nationwide campaign to war electrical power companies on the dangers of a possible attack, which could take out the nation’s power grid. Freebeacon.com reports: 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. “These events represent one of the first known physical impacts to critical infrastructure which resulted from cyber-attack,” the announcement by the DHS Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team read. “The attacks leveraged commonly available tools and tactics against the control systems which could be used against infrastructure in every sector.” The briefings will outline the details of the attacks, the techniques used by the hackers, and strategies to be used to limit risks and improve cyber security for grid organizations. Security researchers have concluded the attack was carried out by Russian government hackers based on the type of malicious [...]