{"id":58121,"date":"2017-10-12T14:20:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=58121"},"modified":"2017-10-12T14:20:13","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T19:20:13","slug":"north-korea-targets-u-s-power-grids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/north-korea-targets-u-s-power-grids\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea Targeting U.S. Energy Companies For Cyber Warfare"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>North Korea Expected to Expand Cyber Warfare<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nightly-news\/video\/north-korea-used-email-malware-in-attempted-u-s-cyber-attack-1068951619503\">NBC News<\/a> has reported North Korea is sending malware riddled emails targeting U.S. electric companies, hoping to execute a successful breach.\u00a0The entire nation must be on high defense.\u00a0 Although the target has been electric companies, it is believed the cyber warfare could expand to all of the broad sectors of the 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