Why are U.S. utilities so vulnerable to cyberattacks?
by Fast Company
Fast Company— When the streets of Muleshoe, Texas, flooded with water in January, most people probably didn’t blame Russian hackers. But that’s exactly who was at blame, according to a report published this week by Google-owned cybersecurity firm Mandiant, which said Russia was responsible for hacks of water utilities in Texas as well as in France and Poland. The January attack was far from the first to hit U.S. utilities. In December, Fast Company reported on U.S. National Security Council concerns...
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