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Subject: [ISN] Power grid hackers are of greater concern than influential report indicates, DHS official says
From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews ! org>
Date: 2012-11-28 8:50:24
Message-ID: alpine.DEB.2.02.1211280250110.8406 () infosecnews ! org
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By Aliya Sternstein
Nextgov
November 27, 2012
A previously classified 2007 National Academies report on power grid
vulnerabilities that, coincidentally, was declassified mid-November when
many Hurricane Sandy victims remained in the dark after widespread power
outages, stated that cyberattacks, unlike natural disasters, probably
could not cause lengthy blackouts. But that was not true at the time nor
is it now.
Five years later, the risk of hackers severely disrupting electricity
service is higher, Homeland Security Department officials told Nextgov
on Tuesday.
The Oct. 29 superstorm opened the public's eyes to the potential for
societal disorder during prolonged manmade or naturally caused service
disruptions.
Concerns about cyber intrusions at electric utilities "stem from a whole
new range of threat vectors," Thad Odderstol, a director for Homeland
Security's Office of Cybersecurity and Communication, said in an
interview. "You've got control systems that may have an Internet
connection."
[...]
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