Can Hackers Turn Your Lights Off? The Vulnerability of the US Power Grid to Electronic Attack

This paper addresses specific areas of vulnerabilities both longstanding and those immediate threats to the U.S. power grid, and suggests an overall strategy to deal with these areas, called 'Defense in Depth' and some specific actions for the electric power industry appropriate for these...

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Jonathan Stidham

September 26, 2001

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