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Russian Hackers Meddling with U.S. Power Grid Poses Huge Threat to National Security
The newest cyber threat troubling top U.S. government officials is the prospect of Russian hackers breaking into the U.S. power grid and selectively causing blackouts across the country. According to officials at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), members of a shadowy, state-sponsored group known as Dragonfly or Energetic Bear have been escalating hacking attacks on the U.S. energy grid, nuclear facilities and other critical U.S. infrastructure since 2014. The next inevitable step is for these hackers to “throw the switch” on control systems at power plants in order to cause blackouts.