Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, the majority of Puerto Ricans still have no electricity. Bank accounts and ATMs are inaccessible, and citizens rely on scarce generators to power stoves and dialysis machines. Though this power outage was brought on by the hand of Mother Nature, she is not the only one who can reach out and turn off the power switch. For two years, highly experienced hackers infiltrated and studied the U.S. electric grid, ultimately gaining the ability to cause blackouts on American soil. Cybersecurity firm Symantec first reported the threat in September, while CrowdStrike and others went farther in attributing the infiltration to Russia ...

October 18 2017

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Behind Enemy Transmission Lines

Idalia Friedson

Nearly a month after Hurricane Maria, the majority of Puerto Ricans still have no electricity. Bank accounts and ATMs are inaccessible, and citizens rely on scarce generators to power stoves and dialysis machines. Though this power outage was brought on by the hand of Mother Nature, she is not the only one who can reach...

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