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02/21/2017 / By Isabelle Z.

Many companies in U.S. haven’t taken out cyber insurance

As more and more cyber-attacks make headlines, people who once thought that something like that could never happen to them are now starting to take a closer look at the companies they do business with and the cyber security measures they have in place. While online banking and commercial transactions have always made some people […]

02/22/2016 / By Greg White

Israel power grid nearly cratered due to advanced cyberattack… is USA next?

The computers behind Israel’s power grid were shut down by a cyberattack in late January, which Israel Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz described as a “severe” attack. “We had to paralyze many of the computers of the Israeli Electricity Authority,” Steinitz said during a speech at the Cybertech Conference in Tel Aviv in wake of the […]

02/09/2016 / By Martin Mavis

Hackers take down the Ukrainian power grid

For years, the idea that hackers could take down a large, regional power grid has been only a theoretical threat to national security. But no more… Now, it has been confirmed that malicious code installed by hackers took down a large, regional power grid in Ukraine, plunging 700,000 homes and businesses into darkness. If this […]

12/09/2015 / By usafeaturesmedia

Analysts predict ‘cybergeddon’ would follow prolonged power outage following hack attack

(Cyberwar.news) In July 1977, a pair of lightning strikes took out the power grid feeding most of New York City, lasting more than 24 hours. Nearly all neighborhoods of the city were affected. As the darkened city sweltered in the heat, the Big Apple was besieged with looting, arson and other acts of vandalism and […]

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