When United States military personnel moved into Caracas in the dead of night to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, they were aided by what may be one of the most high-profile cyberattacks in history. As President Donald Trump put it, “The lights of Caracas were largely turned off due to a certain expertise that we have. It was dark, and it was deadly.”

The Maduro raid was near flawlessly executed, but it also highlighted a dangerous weak link in our own national security. The truth is, what happened to the Venezuelan energy system can also happen to us because our own grid remains deeply vulnerable.