The Power Grid is Hacked?

Yea, yes, I know it's talked about, but here's a relatively new report. Symantec says it is, and that the hackers control it:

http://ift.tt/2wLOCzA

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Security firm Symantec is warning that a series of recent hacker attacks not only compromised energy companies in the US and Europe but also resulted in the intruders gaining hands-on access to power grid operations—enough control that they could have induced blackouts on American soil at will.

Here's a thread on hackers taking down the Ukrainian grid:

http://ift.tt/2wLjTlX

So it can be done.

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The Power Grid is Hacked?