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USA TODAY has obtained through the Freedom of Information Act dire news about ongoing cyber attacks within the Department of Energy.

The cyber attacks have enabled a breach of information, but most dire of all is the hacker obtains the ability to do anything within the Department of Energy.

The Power Grid is a sitting duck, and we have to accept we could lose everything due to this fact. It could happen anytime, and we can only imagine what our world will be like. For those of you off the grid, you should be proud of yourselves, and please pray for those of us still in the system.

What I do not understand is how have we avoided a Nationwide blackout thus far...that is if it can happen so easily?

LINK: Cyber attackers successfully compromised the security of U.S. Department of Energy computer systems more than 150 times between 2010 and 2014, according to a review of federal records obtained by USA TODAY.

Incident reports submitted by federal officials and contractors since late 2010 to the Energy Department's Joint Cybersecurity Coordination Center shows a near-consistent barrage of attempts to breach the security of critical information systems that contain sensitive data about the nation's power grid, nuclear weapons stockpile and energy labs.

The records, obtained by USA TODAY through the Freedom of Information Act, show DOE components reported a total of 1,131 cyberattacks over a 48-month period ending in October 2014. Of those attempted cyber intrusions, 159 were successful