Lights Out: A Cyberattack, A Nation Unprepared, Surviving the Aftermath, by Ted Koppel

Ted Koppel exposes in this New York Times bestseller study that a massive assault on America's electrical infrastructure is not only feasible but probable, that it would be catastrophic, and that the US is embarrassingly unprepared. Consider a blackout that lasts weeks or months, rather than days. Several states are impacted, affecting tens of millions of people. There is no running water, sewage, refrigeration, or light for anyone without access to a generator. Food and medical supplies are in short supply. Our relying devices have gone black. Banks are no longer operational, looting is rampant, and law and order are being put to the test like never before. This isn't simply a hypothetical situation. In the era of cyberwarfare, a well-designed assault on just one of the country's three electric power grids could disable much of our infrastructure-and a laptop has become the only weapon required. Several countries opposed to the US could launch such an attack at any moment.

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