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title: What if the Energy Sector Fell to an Attack like the Dyn Takedown?
description: Such an attack could set in motion a cycle of disease and food scarcity and lead to the complete breakdown of society in two years.
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# [What if the Energy Sector Fell to an Attack like the Dyn Takedown?](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/what-if-the-energy-sector-fell-to-an-attack-like-the-dyn-takedown)

 Written by [SecureWorld News Team](https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/author/secureworld-news-team) | Tue | Nov 1, 2016 | 7:00 AM Z

"Such an attack could set in motion a cycle of disease and food scarcity and lead to the complete breakdown of society in two years. Some 90% of the U.S. population could perish."

[Forbes Explains:](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2016/10/27/the-walking-dead-experts-say-u-s-energy-sector-is-vulnerable-to-hackers/#57db50d8322a)

> The massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that [took down Twitter, Netflix](http://www.forbes.com/sites/briansolomon/2016/10/21/hacked-cameras-cyber-attack-hacking-ddos-dyn-twitter-netflix/#7d9744bf7e6f) and other online services across much of the United States on Friday showed just how vulnerable our increasingly Internet-driven lives are. It was a little scary not being able to tweet for a few hours or re-watch episodes of *Stranger Things* and *The Walking Dead*. But as Halloween approaches and you ponder the stranger things that are genuine threats, experts suggest you think about [a similar attack on the U.S. energy sector](http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrancer/2016/04/20/did-big-energy-just-make-us-safer-from-terrorism-or-cyber-attacks-on-the-u-s-electrical-grid/#18f668cd31b3).
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> The World Energy Council’s [Issues Monitor](https://www.worldenergy.org/publications/2016/world-energy-issues-monitor-2016/) offers insight into what keeps chief executives, government ministers and experts awake at night globally. A key finding from the seventh annual report, is “the risk from cyber threats has moved up the agenda this year, specifically in North America and Europe.”
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> As with the attack last Friday, which was aided by hacked security cameras in people’s homes, a source of the problem is the machines and networks of the U.S. energy business. They are increasingly interconnected and digitized. That’s a great blessing, but it also increases the risk of a potentially devastating cyberattack.

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