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Cybersecurity Scholars: Protecting US Electrical Grids Is Costly to Consumers
Protecting America’s electricity grid will cost tens of billions of dollars and most likely fall to consumers according to grid cybersecurity scholars, Defense One reports. Russians have already hacked into the U.S. power grids and the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies since 2014 have been warning against cyberthreats to the utility system. But there is no way to protect the grids, as regulations at the state and federal level make it difficult for utilities and regulators to get anything done. “Most electricity utilities are highly regulated by the government,…
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Cybersecurity Scholars: Protecting US Electrical Grids Is Costly to Consumers
Protecting America’s electricity grid will cost tens of billions of dollars and most likely fall to consumers according to grid cybersecurity scholars, Defense One reports. Russians have already hacked into the U.S. power grids and the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies since 2014 have been warning against cyberthreats to the utility system. But there is no way to protect the grids, as regulations at the state and federal level make it difficult for utilities and regulators to get anything done. “Most electricity utilities are highly regulated by the government,…
leggingsarepants.org/news/cybersecurity-scholars-protecti...