From: UtilityDIVE
The successful hack of Ukraine’s electric grid in late 2015 got the sector’s attention, Utility Dive’s recent survey shows
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“The remote cyber attacks directed against Ukraine’s electricity infrastructure were bold and successful,” the E-ISAC, co-founded by the federal government and electric utility industry to analyze cyber threats, concluded. It was “the first time the world has seen this type of attack against OT systems in a nation’s critical infrastructure.”
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In Utility Dive’s fourth annual State of the Electric Utility Survey, more than 600 utility professionals named cyber and physical security the most pressing concern for their companies, with 72% saying it is either “important” or “very important” today.
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