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Cyber attacks on computers that run the nation’s energy grid, nuclear reactors and water-treatment plants are increasing with potentially lethal effects, the Department of Homeland Security’s top investigator said.
Successful infiltrations of computer networks have the potential to create large-scale power outages or cause “physical damage, loss of life and other cascading effects that could disrupt services,” Charles Edwards, the agency’s acting inspector general, said in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing today.
Cyber attacks on computers that run the nation’s energy grid, nuclear reactors and water-treatment plants are increasing with potentially lethal effects, the Department of Homeland Security’s top investigator said.
Successful infiltrations of computer networks have the potential to create large-scale power outages or cause “physical damage, loss of life and other cascading effects that could disrupt services,” Charles Edwards, the agency’s acting inspector general, said in prepared testimony for a congressional hearing today.