Report: Cyber Attacks Caused Power Outages in Brazil

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Published: November 7, 2009Tags: Brazil, CBS, Conficker, Cybersecurity, electricity, hacker, mass disruption, Richard Clarke, smart grid

Source: Kevin Poulsen, Wired

Electrical blackouts impacting millions of people in Brazil in 2005 and 2007 were caused by hackers targeting control systems, according to the CBS news magazine 60 Minutes.

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