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U.S. Power Companies Advised To Check Cyber Defenses After Ukraine Power Loss

Friday, January 8th, 2016

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U.S. Power Companies Advised To Check Cyber Defenses After Ukraine Power Loss

A North American nonprofit electricity industry information center is recommending its members review their cyber network defenses in the wake of a Ukraine utility that lost power for hours following a cyber attack, according to reports.Reuters first reported Wednesday the Electricity Information Sharing and Analysis Center (E-ISAC) counseled its members in a confidential document to “do a better job” at implementing several layers of cyber defenses. E-ISAC reportedly said the attack on the Ukraine electricity utility Prykarpattyaoblenergo appeared to be…

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