The uncomfortable reality is that the energy sector's cyberattacks have doubled between 2020 and 2022. Indeed, 48 successful attacks hit Europe’s energy infrastructure in 2022 alone, which is why cybersecurity has become a key component of ensuring overall energy security. In particular, cybersecurity experts in the Netherlands have been closely monitoring the major power outage affecting Spain and Portugal and are raising pressing concerns about the vulnerability of critical infrastructure.[1
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It is not the federal government that’s responsible for the cyber defense of critical infrastructure. The responsibility falls on the critical infrastructure operators themselves and most aren’t equipped for the fight. Cyber threats to the United States' critical infrastructure are on the rise. On 31 January 2024, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before Congress, highlighting how Chinese government hackers are attempting “‘to find and prepare to destroy or degrade the civilian critical
