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Posted by Monty Solomon on April 11, 2009, 9:16 am
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies
By SIOBHAN GORMAN
APRIL 8, 2009
Robert Moran monitors an electric grid in Dallas. Such infrastructure
grids across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks.
WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and
left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the
system, according to current and former national-security officials.
The spies came from China, Russia and other countries, these
officials said, and were believed to be on a mission to navigate the
U.S. electrical system and its controls. The intruders haven't sought
to damage the power grid or other key infrastructure, but officials
warned they could try during a crisis or war.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123914805204099085.html
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