In October 2008, an assassination attempt against exiled former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto was carried out by al-Qaeda operatives in the form of a roadside bombing of her caravan. Now more than ever, the public infrastructures of nations are at greater risk to be penetrated, infiltrated and controlled by unsanctioned individuals or groups looking to do harm. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) released the results of its GridEx II exercise, carried out in November 2013, revealed that nearly all the 2,000-plus utilities that participated in a two-day drill were deemed insufficient”]
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