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    • U.S. Electrical Grid Attacked by Hackers

    Hackers planted malware onto the network of the U.S. electrical grid. It is likely their intent was to cripple the power infrastructure. According to security researcher Roger Thompson the hackers probably gained access like many others by exploiting holes in software, such as, Windows.

    “Any computer connected to the Internet is potentially vulnerable. Getting to the actual infrastructure devices directly — that’s always possible, but a whole lot less likely. In any industry, critical or not, there are always plenty of PCs that have been compromised.”

    There is debate over whether the owner of a compromised computer can be held criminally responsible for allowing their PC to be taken-over.

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