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Electrifying: Play-By-Play

September 12, 2019 by Marc Handelman in ICS, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Electrical Engineering, Utility Companies, Utility Providers, Utilities, Cybersecurity, Cyber Statecraft

via William Knowle's Infosec News (a security news compilation organization), comes this fascinating North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) report document (expertly presented by E&ENews Reporter Blake Sobczak) - ostensibly, a 'play-by-play' of the first cyberattack of a US Energy Utility. Think it can't happen here? It already has...

"But the March 5 event was significant enough to spur the victim utility to report it to the Department of Energy, marking the first disruptive "cyber event" on record for the U.S. power grid (Energywire, April 30). The case offered a stark demonstration of the risks U.S. power utilities face as their critical control networks grow more digitized and interconnected — and more exposed to hackers. "Have as few internet facing devices as possible," NERC urged in its report." - via E&ENews reporter Blake Sobczak

September 12, 2019 /Marc Handelman
ICS, ICS/SCADA, Information Security, Electrical Engineering, Utility Companies, Utility Providers, Utilities, Cybersecurity, Cyber Statecraft

Federal Government Mulling Nationalization of Failing Energy and Utility Provisioners →

May 12, 2018 by Marc Handelman in Asset Nationalization, Utility Providers, Energy Producers, Utility Companies, Coal Mining Companies, Oil Producers, Physical Security, Economics, Economic Security

via Electrek, and originally published by The Hill - written by Miranda Green, comes this astonishing news of thrid-world-sounding-bu-not-likely (in reality, a so-called Cold War era legislative package permitting nationalization under the guise of national security) energy producing and utility provider company nationalization efforts as contemplated by the current Administration.

May 12, 2018 /Marc Handelman
Asset Nationalization, Utility Providers, Energy Producers, Utility Companies, Coal Mining Companies, Oil Producers, Physical Security, Economics, Economic Security