President Obama claims that the Russians broke into Democratic databases to obtain and leak damaging information in an attempt to influence our election.  The Russians deny it.  And yesterday it was also claimed, by anonymous Obama administration officials who refuse to be named, that the Russians tried to infiltrate our power grid. A code associated with the Russian hacking operation dubbed Grizzly Steppe by the Obama administration has been detected within the system of a Vermont utility, according to U.S. officials. While the Russians did not actively use the code to disrupt operations of the utility, according to officials who spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss a security matter, the penetration of the nation’s electrical grid is significant because it represents a potentially serious vulnerability. Government and utility industry officials regularly monitor the nation’s electrical grid because it is highly computerized and any...(Read Full Post)