Blake covers security for Energywire in Washington, D.C., focusing on efforts to protect the oil, gas and electricity industries from cyberattacks and other threats. He writes about how hackers have applied their tools and techniques to break into -- and often break -- physical systems. His reporting has taken him to China and Israel for firsthand looks at how global powers approach cyberwarfare. Blake graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University in 2012 with a double major in journalism and Arabic. He was an intern at the Associated Press' Jerusalem bureau before joining E&E News.
President Trump's decision yesterday to dismiss evidence of Russian cyber-enabled tampering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election has sent shock waves through the U.S. intelligence community, driving lawmakers and cybersecurity experts to question how the White House will respond to future attacks on critical infrastructure.
A top cybersecurity official announced plans to shift the Department of Homeland Security's focus from sharing information on cyberthreats to offering tools for concrete action.
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Government Accountability Office to investigate grid cybersecurity, including use of Russian anti-virus software in the U.S. power sector.
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling on the Government Accountability Office to investigate grid cybersecurity, including use of Russian anti-virus software in the U.S. power sector.
A federal court in Madison, Wis., handed down a $1.5 million penalty against Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group LLC for stealing trade secrets from an American energy company.