. . More Details Emerging on the Electric Grid Cyber Cover-Up The deeper we dive into the electric grid cyber cover-up, the more disturbing it becomes. In the last 5 years (2014-2018), there have been 53 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) dockets involving 81 “Unidentified Registered Entities.” These all allege violations of Critical Infrastructure Protection…
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These “Unidentified Registered Entities” Endangered the Electric Grid
But you don’t have the right to know who these “Unidentified Registered Entities” are! It’s hard to wrap your head around this, but here it is: You do not have a right to know who endangered your family by violating electric grid cybersecurity standards. The identities are being hidden in a massive industry cover-up….
Cyberattacks: Letter to Senator Edward Markey
Cyberattacks on grid raise Congressional concern Due to several reports on cyberattacks on the U.S. electric grid, on August 13, 2018 Senator Edward Markey sent letters to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) as well as several entities in the electric utility industry. In these…
Now It’s a FERC Cover-Up
The NERC Cover-Up Just Became a FERC Cover-Up The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) just did an astonishing thing: They adopted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) cover-up, making it officially a FERC cover-up. The issue? A large utility company endangered our lives with a massive cyber breach and the industry – and now…
STG Coalition Submits New EMP Commission Reports to FERC
Click here to read comments of Foundation for Resilient Societies Click here to read comments of Michael Mabee STG Coalition Acts on New EMP Commission Reports Members of the Secure The Grid Coalition (“STG Coalition”) wasted no time getting the new EMP Commission reports into the hands of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”). As…
The Electric Utility Industry Lacks Effective Regulation
FERC Must Hold Electric Utility Industry Accountable I previously described what smells like a electric utility industry cover-up of a massive cyber breach which endangered the electric grid – and endangered countless American lives. In sum, a large utility company exposed a massive amount of data that could enable hackers or state actors to gain…
A NERC Cover-Up? Who Put the Electric Grid at Risk?
A NERC Cover-Up? This incident has the olfactory bouquet of a NERC cover-up: On February 28, 2018 the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted a proposed “Notice of Penalty” to the federal government against an “Unidentified Registered Entity.” This entity was responsible for a massive data breach that, according to NERC, posed a “serious…
The Fight for Electric Grid Cyber Security
“Publicity is justly commended as a remedy for social and industrial diseases. Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants; electric light the most efficient policeman.” – Justice Louis D. Brandeis Recently I wrote about our campaign to fight for electric grid cyber security. The battle played out last week before an obscure federal…
My Comments to FERC on Grid Cyber Security
[Click Here for Background Info] [Click Here for the filed PDF copy: FERC Comment Docket RM18-2-000 (Mabee)] February 23, 2018 Comments submitted in FERC Docket RM18-2-000 Cyber Security Incident Reporting Reliability Standards Dear Chairman McIntyre, Commissioner Chatterjee, Commissioner LaFleur, and Commissioner Powelson, and Commissioner Glick: Background: I am a private citizen…
What You Can Do to Secure the Grid (#SecureTheGrid)
NOTE: The Deadline for comments is 2/26/2018 [Click Here to read my submission to FERC] Citizens can help secure the grid It is easy to feel helpless down at our level (and by “down at our level” I mean citizens). The electric grid is vulnerable to numerous threats and we know (because the Senate…