Threat Of Cyber-Attacks On Oil & Gas Highlights The Danger In Your Thumb Drive

Earlier this year, President Barack Obama created the 12-member Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. In May, commission members traveled to New York to hear about cyber-threats to banks and insurance companies. They then went to San Francisco to talk with computer developers from Silicon Valley about the latest technology to stop cyber-attacks.

Then, last week, the commission came to Houston to learn about the threat to critical industries including oil & gas, electricity, and telecommunications.

One hot topic of the testimony was what happened last December — not in the U.S .— but in Ukraine. Computer hackers had shut down the electricity grid, leaving a quarter million Ukrainians in the dark. Operators were able to regain control in a few hours by manually resetting circuit breakers. For the full article click here 

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