The U.S. government has described Wang Jianwei, a graduate engineering student in Liaoning, China, as a potential cyber warrior after he published “Cascade-Based Attack Vulnerability on the U.S. Power Grid” last spring, according to a New York Times report.
Jianwei said his intention was to show vulnerabilities in the network as a way to learn how to make it more stable, but some think his paper shows China's interest in disrupting the U.S. power grid.
As the U.S. creates a smart grid, it would seem that more and more vulnerabilities will arise. Information security will be an essential part of any smart grid infrastructure.
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