The U.S. Energy Grid Is Increasingly Vulnerable to Cyberattacks

The U.S. grid’s vulnerability to cyberattacks has grown, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation has warned. According to the regulator, the number of vulnerability points in the grid had grown from between 21,000 and 22,000 at the end of 2022 to 23,000-24,000 at the end of 2023. "It's very hard to keep pace with addressing all those vulnerabilities," NERC senior vice president Manny Cancel said, as quoted by Reuters. Geopolitical events such as the wars in Ukraine and Gaza tend to lead to an increase in cyberattacks…