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How power outages weaken cyber security of systems and data

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.