Joshua Pearce

Recent released information about Russians hacking into American power systems has raised several concerns about the overall security of the U.S. energy grid as a whole.

Can the US protect its power grid from hackers?

Conflict

A group of hackers from Russia made headlines when it was able to shut down Ukraine’s power grid in 2015. The US may be the next target.

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