Someone browses the internet on his work laptop. The laptop connects to a potentially malicious IP address. Nothing happens.
It's a garden variety internet risk. Just part of being a 21st century digital citizen.
On Friday evening, however, a similar and apparently benign event led to a report that Russian hackers may have penetrated the US electrical grid through a Vermont utility. The report, written by The Washington Post and summarized by CNET News, said Burlington Electric Department had found code associated with Russian hackers on an employee's computer. Initially the Post reported the hackers had penetrated the grid, but then said the code was isolated to a single employee laptop.
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