{"id":377514,"date":"2021-04-02T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=377514"},"modified":"2021-04-02T13:01:03","modified_gmt":"2021-04-02T17:01:03","slug":"critics-biden-infrastructure-plan-doesnt-address-cyber-security-threats-to-u-s-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/critics-biden-infrastructure-plan-doesnt-address-cyber-security-threats-to-u-s-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics: Biden infrastructure plan doesn\u2019t address cyber security threats to U.S. power grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcritics-biden-infrastructure-plan-doesnt-address-cyber-security-threats-to-u-s-power-grid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=377514&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2393399\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2393399\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">File \u2013 Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is pictured. (Andrew Harnik\/AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 9:53 AM PT \u2013 Friday, April 2, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Security experts have pointed out Joe Biden\u2019s $2 trillion infrastructure plan does not include critical funding to address the threat of cyber attacks.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/cybersecurity\/546105-lack-of-cyber-funds-in-biden-spending-bill-raises-eyebrows\">reports<\/a> Friday, the package does not include money to protect vital facilities like the U.S. power grid. While it does include $100 billion for improving grid resiliency, it does nothing for security measures specifically.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers have called on more funding to address cyber security threats like when a weak network allowed hackers to tamper with a Florida wastewater treatment plant in February.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreased funding is the only solution insofar as the funding targets the actual infrastructure where needs are most apparent and those needs can take many forms,\u201d stated Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I was very disturbed after learning how a weak cybersecurity network allowed hackers to tamper with a Florida wastewater treatment plant in February. We need to be discussing the dangers of not upgrading water infrastructure digital assets as well as physical ones. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2tz5K301hD\">pic.twitter.com\/2tz5K301hD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 EPW Republicans (@EPWGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EPWGOP\/status\/1372312350611673091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as government officials have warned foreign actors have actively been trying to disrupt the power grid during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Experts have said the biggest cyber security challenge is ensuring technology used in the grid is secured before being used. They also pointed to addressing supply chain issues.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-in-favor-of-vaccinating-illegal-immigrants-amid-border-crisis\/\"> Biden in favor of vaccinating illegal immigrants amid border crisis<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>File \u2013 Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) is pictured. (Andrew Harnik\/AP Photo) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 9:53 AM PT \u2013 Friday, April 2, 2021 Security experts have pointed out Joe Biden\u2019s $2 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2275903,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-377514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}