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Cyber War: U.S. Electric Grid is Riddled With Cyber Security Holes – PolicyMic

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Cyber War: U.S. Electric Grid is Riddled With Cyber Security Holes
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To mend this ongoing problem, Congressman Markey suggested that we should "push electric utilities to enlist all of the measures they can now, and push for stronger standards in Congress that will keep our economy and our country safe from cyber warfare.

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DEFCON Kids: Hacking roller coasters and the power grid with cell phones

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When you think about hacking conferences with about 15,000 hackers attending, 8-year-old kids might not be your first thought. Yet Def Con Kids was so amazing that I cannot encourage you enough to enroll your kids next year. Read more

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Iran’s First Nuclear Plant Connected to National Power Grid, Agency Says – Bloomberg

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Symantec Corp., the world’s largest maker of computer-security software, said in a Nov. 12 study that the so-called worm, Stuxnet, may have been created to sabotage Iran’s nuclear installations. To contact the reporter on this story …
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