This past winter, cold weather took down the Texas energy grid. Residents across the state had no electricity and no heat sources as temperatures plummeted. Everything that could fail did fail at a time when demand was at its highest. The energy grid was not able to survive extreme weather, and the losses were catastrophic.
What happened in Texas may be our best example at what a full-throttle cyberattack against critical infrastructure would look like if businesses and government don’t improve their approach to cybersecurity.
Source: cio.com