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<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>As the world becomes more automated, our most important systems become more vulnerable. Small computer chips control not just your smart phone, but also systems that drive power grids that provide electricity to homes and businesses.</p>

<p>Courtesy photo</p><p>As the world becomes more automated, our most important systems become more vulnerable. Small computer chips control not just your smart phone, but also systems that drive power grids that provide electricity to homes and businesses.</p>

September 4, 2016

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Quietly, this Idaho lab is keeping U.S. secure
September 4, 2016 9 p.m.

Quietly, this Idaho lab is keeping U.S. secure

Idaho National Laboratory helps keep country safe from cyber threats on energy grid

In the early evening of Dec. 23, 2015, computer hackers launched three attacks — 30 minutes apart — on power companies in the Ukraine. As helpless power officials watched, unknown assailants seized control of their systems and shut down power to roughly 230,000 customers, leaving them in the cold and dark.