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Area of Science:

  • Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Social Network Analysis
  • Energy Systems Engineering

Background:

  • Social media enables large-scale disinformation campaigns, posing significant security risks.
  • Human behavior is a critical vulnerability in protecting essential services like the power grid.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the potential for disinformation to manipulate energy consumer behavior.
  • To assess the impact of such manipulation on power grid stability.
  • To model the propagation of disinformation through social networks.

Main Methods:

  • Case study of Greater London's power grid.
  • Analysis of fake discount notification attacks targeting peak-demand periods.
  • Surveys to gauge consumer response and information sharing propensity.
  • Social network modeling to simulate disinformation propagation.

Main Results:

  • Disinformation can induce synchronized energy consumption patterns among consumers.
  • Simulated attacks demonstrated the potential for city-scale blackouts during peak load.
  • Consumer surveys confirmed a propensity to act on and share such notifications.

Conclusions:

  • Consumer behavior, influenced by disinformation, represents a critical vulnerability for power grid security.
  • Cybersecurity strategies must account for the human element and social network dynamics.
  • The weaponization of disinformation poses a novel threat to critical infrastructure resilience.