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Cyber attacks against power plants and other vital infrastructure may be higher than previously believed
A new study [PDF] that interviewed power plant operators and other "critical infrastructure" indicates more than 50 percent of all U.S. power plants have had to deal with an increase in cyber attacks.
Security company McAfee funded the research, speaking with 600 IT managers and executives from 14 different nations.
Around 54 percent of those interviewed said some type of network "stealthy infiltration" took place, with the same number of executives noting they faced massive denial-of-service attacks on their networks at one point in time. [More]
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