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Some of the tech built to quickly restore power after a cyberattack is now operational on parts of the U.S. grid, with more deployments to follow. This week's news of RedEcho shows, yet again, it can't happen soon enough. By Brad D. Williams on March 04, 2021 at 4:00 AM
government How the US military used a creepy island to test cyberattacks on the grid — in the middle of a pandemic Plum Island Light is located on the western end of an island that's been home to U.S. experiments (Wikicommons). Share Dec 17, 2020 | CYBERSCOOP The U.S. government officials trying to test the country’s ability to respond to a major cyberattack thought they had pulled out all the stops. Engineers had planned to simulate the kind of security incident that would cause an electrical blackout, after all, and had even planned to hold ...