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"The U.S. Smart Grid Is Shaping Up to Be Dangerously Insecure" [1]

"Achieving greater efficiency and control requires hooking almost every aspect of the electricity grid up to the Internet, making it more vulnerable to cyber attacks."

Melissa Hathaway reports for Scientific American October 5, 2010. [2]

Energy & Fuel [3]
National (U.S.) [4]
Public [5]
Source: Scientfic American [2], 10/06/2010
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/us-smart-grid-shaping-be-dangerously-insecure [2] http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=power-hackers [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [4] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national [5] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81