Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm has warned in stark terms that the US power grid is vulnerable to attacks. 'There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally,' she said. 'It's happening all the time.'
Asked By CNN's Jake Tapper on"State of the Union" whether the nation's adversaries have the capability of shutting it down, Granholm said:"Yeah, they do.""There are thousands of attacks on all aspects of the energy sector and the private sector generally," she said, adding,"It's happening all the time. This is why the private sector and the public sector have to work together.
"The energy secretary stressed that the private sector needs to work with the Biden administration to establish cyber standards for pipelines."We have an agreement with the private sector on the transmission grid. There are basic standards, cyber standards that they adhere to, cyber standards that are developed by the Department of Commerce, and we need that same sort of regime with pipelines. And that does not exist at the moment," Granholm said on NBC.Independent Sen.
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