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 . Another unidentified power company in Ukraine also was hit. The programme includes 12 briefings , online webinars and sessions in cities nationwide , which are designed to provide power utility companies and other organisations involved in security with lessons that have been learned from the December 2015 attacks on the grid in Ukraine . 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 . The programme includes 12 briefings , online webinars and sessions in cities nationwide , which are designed to provide power utility companies and other organisations involved in security with lessons that have been learned from the December 2015 attacks on the grid in Ukraine . An internal DHS intelligence report from January stated that the risk of cyber attack against US electrical infrastructure was low .