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Study: Greener grid invites more cyberattacks

By John Siciliano
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Study: Greener grid invites more cyberattacks

The greener the grid becomes, the more vulnerable it is to cyberattacks, a new paper said Thursday.

More solar and wind being added to the grid requires more Internet-based controls, which creates the greater risk of being hacked, explained Mark Mills with the conservative Manhattan Institute in the new study.

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