There are almost 80,000 substations in the United States. "It really takes that mentality first," he says of how they're designed. The security at these places falls below what we would normally expect for something that's that important,. utilities aren't just leaving the front door open, right? And just letting anybody walk in there that wants to.
Attacks on vulnerable electrical infrastructure are surging. The tactic — embraced by everyone from copper-seeking vandals to chaos-minded white nationalists — exposes a major vulnerability in the US power grid.
This episode was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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