Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20190618:04:09:00
Was actually a russian cyber attack that cause that blackout. russia hacked into control systems for the ukrainian power grid and shut the lights off in that country. at will. right before christmas, 2015. basically as a way to punish that country and scare its leaders. in december of 2016, senior obama administration officials raised the alarm that russian government hackers were also targeting critical infrastructure including power grid infrastructure in the united states. just as they had done when they shut off the lights in ukraine the year before. by the following summer, in july of 201...