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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.
The Department of Homeland Security has ordered federal agencies to toughen up their email security amid a constant barrage of "phishing" cyberattacks, a top official announced yesterday.
Connecticut's four major electric and water utilities raised concerns about "spearphishing" emails and the security of third-party software during a first-of-its-kind state review of their cyberdefenses.
President Trump has announced he will nominate Kirstjen Nielsen, a longtime national security consultant and current White House principal deputy chief of staff, to be the next secretary of Homeland Security.
A top consumer protection official has called on energy utilities to shore up their protections around sensitive customer data, a month after 143 million Americans fell victim to a hack of credit reporting firm Equifax Inc.
Three years ago, hackers hijacked the websites of three different energy industry suppliers to sneak past oil, gas and power companies' digital defenses, setting off changes in securing the U.S. power grid's "soft underbelly" — its supply chain. But now those hackers have reportedly staged a comeback.