Senate Passes King Bill Protecting Energy Grid from Cyber-Attacks

From https://www.king.senate.gov/    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the U.S. Senate passed the Securing Energy Infrastructure Act, a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Senators Angus King (I-Maine), co-chair of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho). Both Senators are members of the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (ENR). …

‘Most dangerous’ hackers targeting U.S. utilities — report

E&E News    Some of the world's most dangerous hackers have zeroed in on the U.S. power sector in recent months, according to a nonpublic alert issued by the North American Electric Reliability Corp. this spring and new research.    The grid regulator sounded the alarm on March 1 with the industrial cybersecurity firm Dragos …