FERC Neglects Specific Mandates To Protect Communication Networks
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Threat: Physical Attack
Threats to the electric grid include physical, or kinetic, attacks.
ISIL Targets U.S. Grid and PG&E Was an Insider Job
The Islamic State is trying to hack American electrical power companies — but they are…
The Most Significant Incident of Domestic Terrorism You May Never Have Heard Of
In April 2013, gunmen opened fire on a California power substation near San Jose. A…
FBI Investigates Another Critical Infrastructure Attack in Greater San Francisco
On Monday, September 14, unknown suspects cut backbone fiber optic Internet cables in Livermore California…
Report: Nuke Plants Unprotected from EMP, Terrorists, Solar Meltdown
From the Washington Examiner America’s nuclear power plants, and the huge transformers they feed electricity…
Attacks on Fiber Networks in California Baffle FBI
from the Wall Street Journal The attacker struck close to midnight, climbing into a manhole…
FBI investigating vandalism of Bay Area fiber-optic cables
From LA Times by Matt Hamilton The FBI is investigating the severing Tuesday of a…
FARC takes down Buenaventura Grid
FARC rebels recently took out the power of a strategic port city in Colombia by…
Internal Memo Reveals PG&E Years Away from Substation Security
By Tony Kovaleski, Liz Wagner, and Mark Villarreal from NBC Bay Area An internal Pacific…
Texas Senator Bob Hall Makes Progress to Protect the Texas Grid
Texas Senator Bob Hall hears testimony on Senate Bill 1398 from Kevin Freeman and Frank…
DOE Warns Grid Dependent ‘Modern Life’ Threatened by Terrorism & Climate Change
By Paul Bedard from The Washington Examiner The Department of Energy warns in a new…
National Investigation Reveals Alarming Number of Attacks on U.S. Power Grid
By Jon Street from The Blaze When it comes to the nation’s power grid, there’s…