Using Disinformation to Cause a Blackout

Schneier on Security 2020-08-18

Summary:

Interesting paper: "How weaponizing disinformation can bring down a city's power grid": Abstract: Social media has made it possible to manipulate the masses via disinformation and fake news at an unprecedented scale. This is particularly alarming from a security perspective, as humans have proven to be one of the weakest links when protecting critical infrastructure in general, and the power...

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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2020/08/using_disinform.html

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Authors:

Bruce Schneier

Date tagged:

08/18/2020, 18:50

Date published:

08/18/2020, 11:03