ISIS terrorists tried, but failed miserably, to hack the networks of electricity companies energy of the US, to terminate its services to American cities and businesses, reports the WTVR.
The news comes from John Riggi, head of the FBI's cyber security department. Mr. Riggi announced the news for the first time at GridSecCon, a conference on US electricity companies held in Philadelphia from 13 to 16 in October.
The reason why hackers were unable to gain access was their low skill level, but according to the FBI, this can easily be offset by buying the necessary tools from the black market.
This, of course, will not be difficult for the Islamic state, as everyone knows they have enough income from the oil they buy from the occupied territories.
Despite ISIS' hacking attempts, the FBI doesn't seem too concerned, especially because if hackers managed to penetrate the network of US electricity and do damage, they wouldn't be able to affect more than a city block or an entire city at once.
This is because the US electricity grid is made up of hundreds of electricity companies, each with their own network and internal structure, making it very difficult to transfer the operation of a malicioussoftware from one company to another.
For the time being, the FBI and other services that continue to monitor the US cyberspace are reportedly more concerned about hacking-sponsored Kremlin teams.
