The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun a nationwide programme alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning of the dangers the US faces from cyber attacks on its electricity grid. While cyber attacks on critical infrastructure systems have long been viewed as digital aggression with physical consequences, very few have been documented to date, making the late December events in Ukraine a hallmark incident," the report said, adding that in addition to the power grid, hackers targeted airport, rail and mining system networks. In an effort to prevent such attacks, DHS and FBI are working together with state governments across the country in order to identify potential threats before they can be carried out. An internal DHS intelligence report from January stated that the risk of cyber attack against US electrical infrastructure was low.
The US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun a nationwide programme alongside the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warning of the dangers the US faces from cyber attacks on its electricity grid. In an effort to prevent such attacks, DHS and FBI are working together with state governments across the country in order to identify potential threats before they can be carried out. An internal DHS intelligence report from January stated that the risk of cyber attack against US electrical infrastructure was low.