Policymakers aren’t focused enough on cybersecurity threats facing the country’s electric grids as more of the infrastructure becomes connected to the internet, a think tank said Wednesday.
“Cybersecurity has simply not been a priority,” said Mark Mills, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and author of a forthcoming paper about the growing vulnerability of U.S. electric grids.
More grid connectivity expands the attack surface for hackers looking to break into, control or damage physical grids, he said. Managing cybersecurity risk is a challenge facing just about any industry expanding its use of web-connected infrastructure.
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