The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee working on legislation
next week that would provide the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
with additional authority to help protect the nation's power grid from
a cyberattack. To read more, click here..
Congressman John Dingel the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in his opening remarks said - A successful remote cyber attack on a power plant's utility control systems could do more than cause a brief black out or brown out. The Idaho National Laboratories has shown how a hacker can remotely turn a large generator into a smoldering piece of scrap metal in minutes. Known as the "Aurora" Vulnerability, this type of attack could destroy generating equipment and impair the generation and delivery of electricity across North America for weeks or months, its consequences cascading on consumers, our economy, our health care system, and our national defense assets.
Congressman John Dingel the chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce in his opening remarks said - A successful remote cyber attack on a power plant's utility control systems could do more than cause a brief black out or brown out. The Idaho National Laboratories has shown how a hacker can remotely turn a large generator into a smoldering piece of scrap metal in minutes. Known as the "Aurora" Vulnerability, this type of attack could destroy generating equipment and impair the generation and delivery of electricity across North America for weeks or months, its consequences cascading on consumers, our economy, our health care system, and our national defense assets.
