Colonial Pipeline hack signals electric grid's next ‘electronic apocalypse’

The cyberattack that shut down the Colonial Pipeline that delivers gas and jet fuel to the East Coast has sparked new fears among experts of a broader Russian-backed assault that could darken the U.S. electric grid in just 24 hours.

Using easy-to-build electronic weapons installed in just 20 little trucks, enough attacks on little-guarded grid transformers over 24 hours could turn the United States into a cave society, according to a leading electronic and cyber weapon expert.