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Input: The word 'password' is pictured on a computer screen in this picture illustration taken in Berlin May 21, 2013. 
  
 BOSTON Several U.S. power utilities say they face constant cyber attacks on critical systems, according to a report by two Democratic lawmakers amid warnings from the Obama administration that foreign hackers are seeking to attack the electric grid. 
  
 Congressmen Edward Markey of Massachusetts and Henry Waxman of California disclosed their findings on Tuesday as the House Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing on cybersecurity. 
  
 In preparing the report the two asked some 160 utilities to describe their experiences fighting cyber attacks over the past five years. 
  
 More than a dozen utilities said they experienced daily, constant or frequent attempted cyber attacks, according to a 35-page report summarizing their responses. 
  
 The report cited an unidentified Northeastern power provider as saying it was under constant attack from cyber criminals as well as activist groups who have been targeting firms in the energy sector over the past few years. 
  
 A power provider from the Midwest said it experienced daily probes of its systems: "Much of this activity is automated and dynamic in nature, able to adapt to what is discovered during its probing process," the company said. 
  
 The U.S. public has become more aware of cyber threats against the grid and other critical infrastructure since late last year, when senior Obama Administration officials began warning that foreign enemies are looking to sabotage the U.S. power grid, air traffic control systems, financial institutions and other infrastructure. 
  
 Senior administration officials say they do not know of any successful destructive attack on the grid or other key infrastructure, but fear that hackers may have the ability to do so. 
  
 A bipartisan cybersecurity bill to protect the electric grid, introduced in 2010 by Markey and Waxman, passed the House of Representatives but not the Senate. The legislation has not been taken up again since then. 
  
 (Reporting by Jim Finkle; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) ||||| The country’s aging electric grid is vulnerable to attacks from foreign countries such as North Korea, a new congressional report says, calling for stronger mandatory standards to protect it. 
  
 The report, written by the staffs of Reps. Ed Markey and Henry Waxman, is based on information provided by more than 100 electric utilities. 
  
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 More than a dozen utilities said they constantly, sometimes on a daily basis, face attempted cyberattacks. One utility said it was the target of about 10,000 cyberattacks each month, according to the report. 
  
 But the report shows that many utilities comply only with the standards set forth by the industry-run North American Electric Reliability Corp., which is charged with ensuring grid reliability. 
  
 “Almost all utilities cited compliance with mandatory NERC standards. Of those that responded to a question of how many voluntary cyber-security measures recommended by NERC had been implemented, most indicated that they had not implemented any of these measures,” the report says. 
  
 In addition, the report says most utilities “have not taken concrete steps to reduce the vulnerability of the grid to geomagnetic storms.” 
  
 Markey (D-Mass.) and Waxman (D-Calif.) called on Congress to pass legislation to authorize the federal government to require actions to protect the grid. 
  
 “National security experts say that cyber attacks on America’s electric grid top the target list for terrorists and rogue states, yet we remain highly vulnerable to attacks,” Markey said in a statement. “We need to push electric utilities to enlist all of the measures they can now, and push for stronger standards in Congress that will keep our economy and our country safe from cyber warfare.” 
  
 Markey and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) sponsored the GRID Act in 2010, which would give FERC the authority to “require necessary actions to protect the grid,” according to the report. While the bill passed the House, it was not taken up by the Senate. 
  
 The report stemmed from Waxman and Markey’s January information request to 150 utilities and other stakeholders. Sixty percent of those polled had responded as of early May, and the lawmakers based the report on the information they provided. |||||
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Could foreign hackers take out America's electric grid? A new congressional report says it's a very real threat, with more than a dozen of nearly 100 electric utilities surveyed reporting constant or frequent cyberattacks, Reuters reports. One utility said it was battered by a staggering 10,000 attacks a month; another reported daily such activity that is "automated and dynamic in nature, able to adapt to what is discovered during its probing process." "National security experts say that cyberattacks on America's electric grid top the target list for terrorists and rogue states, yet we remain highly vulnerable to attacks," said Rep. Ed Markey, one of the lawmakers behind the report, per Politico. The report finds that while the utilities comply with certain basic national standards, "most" haven't implemented recommended but voluntary extra cyber-security measures. Markey and Rep. Henry Waxman are calling on Congress to pass legislation that would give the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission the power to enforce grid-protecting measures.