NERC Verifies First Hacking of a U.S. Utility

摘要

While regulators and those in the utility industry have talked about the potential for a cyber attack on electrical infrascture for over a decade, the first actual hacking of a utility by an outsider occurred on March 5, 2019, and was officially reported by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) in a "Lessons Learned" report on Sept. 4.