When the US government demonstrated in 2007 how hackers could take down a power plant by physically destroying a generator with just 21 lines of code, many in the power industry dismissed the demo as far-fetched. Some even accused the government of faking the so-called Aurora Generator Test to scare the public.
Wired: Everything we know about Ukraine’s power plant hack
In the run-up to holidays last month, two power plants in Ukraine said that hackers had hijacked their systems to cut power to more than 80,000 people. (Photo UNIAN)
