The fear of a state or terror-group-sponsored cyberattack on the nation’s infrastructure was again highlighted by a pair of news stories this week that indicated such groups may have accessed the United States’ electrical grid as well as a dam in New York State.
The Associated Press reported that independent security researcher Brian Wallace found that hackers, possibly Iranian, had opened a pathway into the nation’s power grid and taken passwords and schematic drawings enabling a strong follow-up attack. In addition, another group, again possibly Iranian, may have attempted to gain access to a dam located in New York. While there was no sign a breach took place, this incident was described as a probe of the dam’s defenses, according to The Wall Street Journal. For the full article click here
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