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With thunderstorms creating localised – and often repeated – power blackouts as they blow through the western plains, it’s hard not to be aware of the vulnerability of the electricity grid in regional NSW.
While the majority of blackouts have been caused by high winds, lightning and an ageing grid system, there are also concerns that cyber-attacks could turn the lights off this summer.
‘Cyber-attacks’ are malicious digital attacks that find and exploit weaknesses in Australia’s increasingly digitised grid system…