Rogue employees, uninformed employees, network vulnerabilities, malicious apps, and insecure social media management platforms all pose potential threats to the security and protection of a brand on social networks.

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The Wall Street Journal has reported that the electricity grid in the United States has been infiltrated by "cyperspies, " in an attempt to map the infrastructure, leaving behind software that could pose potential threats in times of crisis.

ENGADGET: U.S. electrical grid penetrated by spies, hackers, or something unfathomably more terrible (update: China responds)