The
Islamic State, or the ISIS, is trying hard to hack the American
electrical power companies’ networks, according to the U.S. law
enforcement officials. They have revealed these regular hack attempts on
Wednesday at the American energy firms’ conference.
“ISIL is beginning to perpetrate cyber attacks”, said Caitlin
Durkovich, assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the
Department of Homeland Security during the process of outlining the
national security concerns.
ISIS terrorists are trying hard to shut down the US towns and
businesses by hacking the electrical grids. The reason behind their
repetitive failure lies in their poor hacking skills. But, the FBI warns
that ISIS can easily overcome this issue by buying the tools needed to
perform the attack.
“Strong intent. Thankfully, low capability,” said John Riggi, a
section chief at the FBI’s cyber division. “But the concern is that
they’ll buy that capability.”
However, FBI hasn’t released any kind of red alert as even if the
ISIS terrorists manage to crack the codes and infiltrate the power
grids, they would be just able to effects a city block or small town.
Currently, the American power grid is a chaotic patchwork of grids,
each with different machines and software. Surprisingly, this jumbled
network works to the nation’s advantage, according to company
executives.
Well, for now, the FBI and other agencies are watching over the
American cyberspace more carefully as a more powerful attack could be
just around the corner to cause a widespread damage.
“We’ve had pretty good success actually,” Riggi said. “Since the FBI
is an intelligence agency, we rely on the help of CIA and NSA. We
compare information with the NSA.”