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 .
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 infrastructure 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.