Nation's Power Grid Hacked

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Nation's Power Grid Hacked

April 10, 2009 | ISSUE 45•15

According to The Wall Street Journal, the U.S. electrical grid has been compromised by Russian and Chinese cyber-spies, putting the country's infrastructure at risk. What do you think?

These spies must know someone on the inside who revealed America's secret: Everyone here is afraid of the dark.

Sharon Brown
Systems Analyst
I should have known the filthy Ruskies were behind my electricity getting shut off.

David Faulkner
Cultivation Manager
This always confuses me. Does it mean batteries will still work, or no?

Joel Comegys
Railroad Crane Operator

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