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Department of Energy Examines New Cyber Security Risks on the Electric Grid

  Angie Walls
Energy Utility Businesses

Angie Walls
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Published in The DeviceLine Blog by Mocana, February 11, 2011

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) just announced a new initiative to assess the state of cyber security for the electric grid. DOE has already begun tapping numerous leads from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Homeland Security as well as both public and private utilities to contribute to this open forum on cyber security.

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Night Dragon Pilfers Oil and Gas Smart Grid

  Angie Walls
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Angie Walls
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Published in The DeviceLine Blog by Mocana, March 9, 2011

 

The Night Dragon is the latest cyber security attack to join the ranks of uber-sophisticated Trojans like Stuxnet. It uses one of the most common attacks, compromising external Web servers and then hacking into the company intranets to gain access to internal servers and desktops.

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