More than 100 power grid attacks took place in the United States from January to August, breaking this nation’s record for power-grid attacks

According to reporting by Politico, there have been 101 physical and cyber attacks on equipment that delivers electricity nationwide just through August of 2022, which is the highest number of attacks since 2012. In 2021, 97 attacks were recorded throughout the entire year.

This year’s data does not include a recent shooting on two substations in North Carolina, which left 45,000 people without power, or a physical attack on four substations in Washington, which left 14,000 people without power on Christmas Day.

Northern Electric Communications Director Ben Dunsmoor said these attacks have caught electric utility companies’ attention.

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“It’s not just weather anymore. There’s also that threat of those cyber attacks and physical attacks, and we do know that there are those attacks happening across the country and across the world. We are monitoring those and we do have different things in place to try and prevent some of those here in South Dakota,” said Dunsmoor.

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