"Security: Grid Leaders Clear The Air Around Russian Hacking"

"NEW YORK — A wind power generator fell into Russia-linked hackers' crosshairs last year, but the attackers never managed to put the wider U.S. grid at risk, officials confirmed yesterday at a Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity conference here.

Tom Fanning, CEO of utility Southern Co., said the hackers' reach appears to have been "very limited" — perhaps just "one or two wind turbines" at an undisclosed power company.

"Could Putin take down the grid today? I don't think so," Fanning told reporters on the sidelines of the DHS National Cybersecurity Summit in New York. "Is [cybersecurity] something that's urgent and that we're paying attention to? Absolutely.""

Blake Sobczak reports for EnergyWire August 1, 2018.