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Hacking the grid: How digital sabotage turns infrastructure into a weapon

  • Written by Saman Zonouz, Associate Professor of Cybersecurity and Privacy and Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology
imageToday's power grid equipment incorporates internet-connected – and therefore hackable – computers.Joe Raedle/Getty Images

The darkness that swept over the Venezuelan capital in the predawn hours of Jan. 3, 2026, signaled a profound shift in the nature of modern conflict: the convergence of physical and cyber warfare. While U.S. special...

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