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Clean Power Grid power is what’s called “alternating current” or AC. This means that the voltage moves from positive to negative rapidly and repeatedly.  In the case of  most modern power systems this flip-flop from positive to negative and back again happens 60 times each second. The smoothness of this polarity flip-flop is referred to as purity of the power or its cleanliness, and this matters when it comes to powering sensitive electronics. The best generators for outdoor living put out power that’s a clean, smooth sine wave pattern, without spikes or jagged edges on those sine w...

Brian todd has been looking into this story for us. what are you finding out? >> wolf, new information tonight from homeland security officials. hackers were able to take advantage of a lack of cyber security at a utility and tapped into the system more than once. it stoked fears of possible blackouts, water contamination and other major disruptions. an electrical generator's motor self-destructs triggered by a cyber attack. this was a u.s. government exercise. what happened recently to an american public utility was real. hackers successfully breached a utility's computer network. the departm...

Appreciate that. lots of other headlines making news today. christine romans has that. >> another scare from malaysia airlines, an airbus forced to make an emergency landing in hong kong with 271 passengers on board. the officials say the plane's electrical generator stopped working. an auxiliary power unit kicked in and they were able to land in hong kong where passengers were placed on different flights. >> and in chicago 30 people were injured as a train derailed at o'hare national airport this morning. officials say none of the injuries appear to be life threatening. the train jumped a bum...