Cyber War: U.S. Electric Grid is Riddled With Cyber Security Holes

.....a report released by Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), it had been discovered that malicious computer worms have been attacking electric grids, causing the companies involved to have losses in both energy and money.....

......A computer worm has the ability to replicate itself, allowing the worm to create hundreds or even thousands of copies of itself. However, consuming too much system memory could lead to network servers, Web servers, and the like to becoming unresponsive....

.....To control this issue, he says to "install firewalls, apply patches and to always perform upgrades." If something isn't done soon, the nation could be at risk for a massive power outage, resulting in millions going without the basic needs that electricity satisfies.....

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