如何将虚假信息武器化可以摧毁一个城市的电网
How weaponizing disinformation can bring down a city's power grid
摘要：
社会技术使得传播虚假信息和以前所未有的规模操纵大众成为可能。从安全的角度来看，这尤其令人担忧，因为在保护关键基础设施，特别是电网时，人类已被证明是最薄弱的环节。在这里，我们考虑一种攻击，其中对手试图通过发送虚假的折扣通知来操纵能源消费者的行为，鼓励他们将消费转移到需求高峰期。我们进行调查，以评估人们对此类通知的跟进倾向，并将其转发给他们的朋友。这使我们能够模拟虚假信息如何通过社交网络传播。最后，使用大伦敦作为案例研究，我们表明，虚假信息确实可以用来精心策划的攻击，其中不知情的消费者同步他们的能源使用模式，导致停电的城市规模。这些发现表明，在一个虚假信息可以被武器化的时代，系统漏洞不仅来自关键基础设施的硬件和软件，还来自消费者的行为。
英文摘要：
Social technologies have made it possible to propagate disinformation and manipulate the masses at an unprecedented scale. This is particularly alarming from a security perspective, as humans have proven to be the weakest link when protecting critical infrastructure in general, and the power grid in particular. Here, we consider an attack in which an adversary attempts to manipulate the behavior of energy consumers by sending fake discount notifications encouraging them to shift their consumption into the peak-demand period. We conduct surveys to assess the propensity of people to follow-through on such notifications and forward them to their friends. This allows us to model how the disinformation propagates through social networks. Finally, using Greater London as a case study, we show that disinformation can indeed be used to orchestrate an attack wherein unwitting consumers synchronize their energy-usage patterns, resulting in blackouts on a city-scale. These findings demonstrate that in an era when disinformation can be weaponized, system vulnerabilities arise not only from the hardware and software of critical infrastructure, but also from the behavior of the consumers.
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