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Cyber Security of Smart
Grid Infrastructure
Adnan Anwar and Abdun Naser Mahmood
6.1 INTRODUCTION: CYBER ATTACKS ON SMART GRID
In recent years, the power system has faced several cyber-related attacks, which have raised the
question regarding the security vulnerabilities and its large-scale impact on the critical power sys-
tem infrastructure. Some signicant issues related to a cyber attack on the power grid are discussed
in the following section.
1. In the middle of 2010, a computer worm, Stuxnet, was discovered, which spreads using
Windows operating systems and targets Siemens industrial software and equipment to cre-
ate unstable power ...