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Engineering's Ken Loparo discusses possibility of cyber attack

HUMANITIES, ARTS + SOCIAL SCIENCES | November 7, 2012
STORY BY: EDITORIAL STAFF
Investigator: Cyber attack bigger threat than Sandy WKYC: The threat exists of cyber criminals who could try to control the power grid; if hackers do get in, they could potentially shut down power generators. "The economic costs are huge and the restoration process is also very slow," said Nord Professor of Engineering Ken Loparo, who noted that the system is designed to prevent large-scale attacks.