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Computers {control|management} {functions|features|capabilities} at many utilities, {including|together with} coordination of telecommunications, {the power|the facility|the ability} grid, nuclear {power|energy} {plants|crops|vegetation}, and valve opening {and closing|and shutting} in water and {gas|fuel|gasoline} networks. The Internet is {a potential|a possible} {attack|assault} vector for such machines if {connected|related|linked}, {but the|however the} Stuxnet worm demonstrated that even {equipment|gear|tools} {controlled|managed} by {computers|computer systems} not {connected|related|linked} to the Internet {can be|could be|may be} {vulnerable|weak|susceptible}. In 2014, the Computer Emergency Readiness Team, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, investigated {79|seventy nine} hacking incidents at {energy|power|vitality} {companies|corporations|firms}. In 1993, Netscape {started|began} {developing|creating|growing} the protocol SSL, shortly after the National Cent