Experts say the US power grid is secure as Russia escalates the cyber war

Published March 17, 2018 4:01am ET



Adversaries are successfully gaining intelligence to sabotage the U.S. power grid but remain far away from actually pulling off a wholesale attack, according to cybersecurity and energy experts.

The Trump administration on Thursday for the first time publicly accused Russia of targeting the U.S. power grid with cyberattacks.

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