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Posted on January 20, 2008 by Jonathan Hensley

CIA Says Hackers Have Cut Power Grid

Think it only happens in movies like Die Hard?  Apparently not…

Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week.

Criminals have launched online attacks that disrupted power equipment in several regions outside of the U.S., he said, without identifying the countries affected. The goal of the attacks was extortion, he said.

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