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US government’s largest grid attack exercise crashes social media

By John Siciliano
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US government’s largest grid attack exercise crashes social media

A government exercise meant to test the nation’s response to attacks against the nation’s electricity grid got into the most trouble, not from simulated hackers or bomb attacks, but from its simulated news casts, Facebook, and Twitter feeds.

The utility industry’s grid security watchdog, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, issued its first report on the GridEx IV exercise on Friday, showing it to be one of the largest grid and infrastructure security events of all time.

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