Pentagon Researchers Test 'Worst-Case Scenario' Attack on U.S. Power Grid
Joseph Marks By Joseph Marks,
November 13, 2018 05:00 PM ET
Over 100 people gathered off the tip of Long Island this month to role play a cyberattack that takes out the U.S. electric grid for weeks on end.
Plum Island, N.Y. – The team of grid operators had spent days restoring power when a digital strike took out one of two operational utility stations. The other utility was also under attack.
A month had passed since all power in the region was taken down by a devastating cyberattack. It had been a grueling six days restoring power across two electrical utilities and to the building deemed a critical national asset by the Secretary of Energy.
The cyber strike hadn’t forced the team back to zero, but it wasn’t far from it.
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2018/11/pentagon-researchers-test-worst-case-scenario-attack-us-power-grid/152803/
