DHS: Cyberattack on the Ukraine Power Grid Could Happen Here

Nextgov: A type of cyberattack that recently turned off the lights in Ukraine could bring any vital U.S. sector to its knees, cautioned a top Homeland Security Department official.

After leveraging a cribbed password, a group of unidentified hackers Dec. 23, 2015, knocked out power to 225,000 of the foreign country's customers for up to 6 hours.

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