US Power Grid Cyberattack Due to Unpatched Firewall: NERC
The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) reports that a cyberattack on the US power grid earlier this year was caused by a target entity’s network perimeter firewall flaw. On March 5, 2019, an incident targeted a “low-impact” grid control center and small power generation sites in the western US, according to an E&E News…