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    Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath | Summary
    Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath | Summary
    Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath | Summary
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    Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath | Summary

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    Ted Koppel is well known for his role as a television news broadcaster from Nightline News, but he is also the author of Lights Out. In this book Koppel talks about what would happen to the United States if there was ever an attack on the electrical power distribution grid. An attack of this magnitude has never yet happened on American soil but if it did, Koppel wants the public to know what the consequences would be. It has been reported that much of the current electrical power grid has an infrastructure that has not been updated in many years. In addition to this, there is also a serious lack of security in place to make sure that an attack on the electrical distribution system does not take place.

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    •How The Electric Power Companies Operate

    •The Reason Why The Electric Power Grid Is A Likely Target For A Terrorist Attack

    •Learn About What Would Happen To North America In The Event Of A Long Term Power Outage

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSummary Station
    Release dateMay 17, 2016
    ISBN9781310621017
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      Lights Out - Summary Station

      Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath

      Summary and Analysis

      By Summary Station

      Copyright © 2015 by Summary Station

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof

      may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever

      without the express written permission of the publisher

      except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Printed in the United States of America

      First Printing, 2015

      Smashwords Edition

      Table of Contents

      Chapter 1

      Chapter 2

      Chapter 3

      Chapter 4

      Chapter 5

      Chapter 6

      Chapter 7

      Chapter 8

      Chapter 9

      Chapter 10

      Chapter 11

      Chapter 12

      Chapter 13

      Chapter 14

      Chapter 15

      Chapter 16

      Chapter 17

      Chapter 18

      Chapter 19

      Analysis

      Chapter 1

      The majority of Americans today rely a great deal on the use of electricity and the power grid. The United States electronic power grid is not owned and controlled by one entity. This grid consists of multiple private operators who are primarily motivated by profit, and because of this they do not have much incentive to install safety precautions such as security systems. Koppel believes that this scenario causes the electrical power grid to be an easy target for enemies with bad intentions.

      History shows that the amount of attacks that have taken place on government institutions, financial sectors, corporations, and even individuals have been increasing over the recent years. There has even been some proof to show that criminals have considered launching an attack against the electrical power grid. This goes to show that the most likely attack would be a cyber-attack. A cyber-attack could be launched from

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