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Report: Cybercriminals Hacked US Electrical Grid

WSJ report says cyberspies from China, Russia and elsewhere have gained access to the U.S. electrical grid and have installed malware tools designed to shut down service

By Grant Gross, IDG News Service

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Ahern, speaking before the Journal report came out, expressed concerns about the electrical grid. "One of the challenges that we have today in this country is that you've got all this critical infrastructure that has been deployed over the last 20 years, and no one was even thinking about security," he said.

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