Identity impersonation on the internet has long ceased to be an isolated phenomenon associated with primitive fake accounts. Today it is a full-fledged digital mechanism that combines technology, analysis of open data, and social engineering. A person exists online not physically, but in the form of a digital identity that consists of profiles, photographs, contacts, communication style, and habits. It is this identity that attackers have learned to copy with high accuracy.
Blackouts have stopped being just an issue of comfort or household inconvenience — today they directly affect digital security. When the power goes out, we think about charging our smartphones or keeping the internet running, but we don’t always consider that power disruptions create real threats to information systems. At a time when business, government services and personal data form the foundation of the digital economy, electricity has become a new key element of cyber defense.