# Experts Say Cyberattacks Likely To Result In Blackouts In U.S.

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- Published: 2021-07-26T09:45:34-05:00
- Author: dsignbyjw

Photo credit: peterschreiber.media on iStockphoto by Getty Images. Article by Jim Magill. Forbes – July 24, 2021. On the day before Christmas Eve 2015, a cyberattack hit the power grid in Ukraine, shutting off power to about half the homes in the Ivano-Frankivsk region of the country. The incident, which was blamed on Russia-based cybercriminals, marked the world’s first known successful cyberattack against an electric grid. […] Click here to view original web page at www.forbes.com dsignbyjw Award winning Systems Architect, Director of Technology. Developer, Science Fiction writer, Graphic Novelist and Digital Cinematographer. See Full Bio