Substation attacks in Oregon and Washington are 'similar to North Carolina' trends now
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Substations in Washington and Oregon have reported attacks similar to the one last weekend in North Carolina, which involved armed individuals and left tens of thousands without power amid freezing temperatures, and left one person dead.
A federal memo obtained by News Nation, warned: 'Power stations in Oregon and Washington have reported physical attacks on substations using handtools, arson, firearms, and metal chains possibly in response to an online call for attacks on critical infrastructure'.
The aim of attackers, it said, was 'to cause widespread power failures with the potential impact of social disruption and violent anti-government criminal activity'.
The memo added: 'In recent attacks, criminal actors bypassed security fences by cutting the fence links, lighting nearby fires, shooting equipment from a distance or throwing objects over the fence and on to equipment.'
It is unclear how many facilities in both states were attacked, if locals were left without power, if there was a political motive for the attacks, and if anyone has been
