2020 HINDSIGHT
Ukraine grid cyberattack rattled U.S. utilities
The cursor slid across the Ukrainian grid operator's screen and clicked circuit breakers open, knocking out the lights to thousands of people outside Kyiv.
Blake Sobczak
Energywire Deputy Editor
Blake is the deputy editor for Energywire and author of E&E News' weekly Cybersecurity Update. Since joining E&E in 2013, he has written about crude-by-rail safety risks and investigated major cyberattacks on oil, gas and electricity companies worldwide. Blake graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University with a double major in journalism and Arabic and has previously reported for the Associated Press in Jerusalem.
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