DURHAM, N.C.
— The country's largest electricity company is on alert for
cyberattacks that aim to hamper the critical flow of power and is
listening to U.S. intelligence agencies about potential threats, the
Duke Energy Corp. executive heading electronic protection efforts said.
Duke
Energy manages dams, nuclear power plants and other types of
electricity-generating plants — three of the 16 types of infrastructure
critical to American life that the U.S. is focused on protecting from
criminal hackers and hostile governments. As the power supplier to more
than 7 million customers in six Southeast and Midwest states, the
utility's computer systems are under constant attack, Duke Energy
Executive Vice President A.R. Mullinax said.
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