Utilities need to adapt quickly amid threat from tech firms, warns industry research chief Power utilities firms will need to change the way they operate to meet the challenges from emerging energy technologies that would change the competitive landscape, warns the head of a global industry research association. Greg Tosen, chairman of International Electric Research … Continue reading Utilities need to adapt quickly amid threat from tech firms, warns industry research chief→
When hackers turn out the lights The development of the smart power grid and the smart meter in our homes to accompany it brings several benefits, such as improved delivery and more efficient billing. Conversely, any digital, connected technology also represents a security risk. Writing in the International Journal of Smart Grid and Green Communications, … Continue reading When hackers turn out the lights→
Utilities look back to the future for hands-on cyberdefense The aftermath of the cyberattack in Ukraine on Dec. 23, 2015, produced two unexpected lessons that U.S. grid operators have started to take to heart. After cutting off power to nearly 250,000 homes and businesses in western Ukraine, the cyber terrorists delivered a final punch to … Continue reading #Utilities look back to the future for hands-on #cyberdefense→
How DHS fell silent when a hack threatened the U.S. power grid A month after hackers blacked out power in western Ukraine, a team of U.S. security experts touched down in Kiev to piece together the extraordinary assault. Interviews, cellphone video evidence and a crash course in Soviet-era grid equipment helped the dozen or so … Continue reading How #DHS fell silent when a #hack threatened the U.S. #power_grid→
Inside the diabolical Ukrainian hack that put the U.S. grid on high alert Eastern Europe was blanketed in a heat wave last summer. In Kiev, Ukraine, a state of desperate resignation had set in as fighting intensified between pro-Russia rebels and Ukrainian forces to the east. Separatists closed highways and attacked ports. Meanwhile, a silent … Continue reading Inside the diabolical Ukrainian #hack that put the U.S. grid on high alert→
Government reveals details about energy grid hacks Hackers have stolen sensitive information from American energy companies — and have planted malware in the energy grid with the intent to turn off the lights in the future. They even managed to infect at least three energy companies with Cryptolocker ransomware, a particularly nasty computer virus that … Continue reading Government reveals details about energy grid hacks→
Utility officials wary of cyberattacks but say lengthy widespread outage is ‘implausible’ Developing protections and responses to cyber threats is a priority for utilities, but industry and regulatory efforts make it unlikely that the kind of widespread power outage contemplated in a book by renowned journalist Ted Koppel could happen to the U.S. power grid, … Continue reading Utility officials wary of cyberattacks but say lengthy widespread outage is ‘implausible’→
As FERC bolsters cybersecurity rules, critics cite lack of secure communication standards Federal regulators adopted a set of new security protocols, but Smart Grid News is calling out the commission’s order as a “big mistake” because it does not adopt the recommendations of the Foundation for Resilient Societies. “With regard to Foundation’s argument that the … Continue reading As FERC bolsters #cybersecurity rules, critics cite lack of secure communication standards→
Power Grid Vulnerability Imperils National Security ENERGY TIMES: Of all the topics and you could tackle as a senior journalist, why did you pick the cyberthreat to the electric power grid? KOPPEL: First of all, because the number of senior administration people who were issuing warnings about it was significant – including the president, his … Continue reading #Power_Grid Vulnerability Imperils National Security→
Presidential Candidates Must Address Grid Security The Unprecedented, Looming Danger of a Cyberattack ENERGY TIMES: What do you think the response of your book has been, and what would you like it to be? KOPPEL: Well I’d like it to become the object of a national conversation. We are, after all, just at the beginning. … Continue reading Presidential Candidates Must Address Grid Security→
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