Private internet providers and long-distance telecommunications hubs were mapped by a military combat agency in a report that lists 'vulnerabilities' but offers no plan to fix them.
An FBI unit began monitoring the nation's digital arteries months before the White House formally authorized its existence, a gap kept secret for years.
A 1996 risk assessment documented the fragility of the American power grid against electronic intrusion, though the specific nodes and state actors were kept out of the unclassified record.
US banking and energy networks were mapped as targets in 1997, while current EPA talking points on how to manage those vulnerabilities remain fully redacted.