Bogdan Botezatu

What happened if the whole army fell for that or a part of the army fell for that?

But that's also part of the hybrid warfare that I was mentioning before that.

There's a lot of disinformation going on.

There are calls to action that are completely wrong and so on.

But

Another practical example would not necessarily have to do with deepfakes, but to the state of technology and the penetration of technology into our homes.

Bitdefender also has an IoT security research wing.

IoT stands for the Internet of Things, and it's normally a category of consumer electronics that's comprised of smart stuff, digital assistants.

Your coffee maker.

Smart toasters, coffee makers, and smart lights, and so on.

There's a specific type of IoT device that has started to penetrate the world, and that's the solar inverter.

Solar inverters are pieces of technology that convert electricity from solar panels and store it, manage it, or inject it into the grid.

These inverters are normally hooked up to the internet at home.

And these inverters most of the time come from China.

Last year in August, we looked into a couple of inverters that are very popular in Europe.

And we realized that a potential attacker would be able to seize control over each of the inverters made by a specific brand.

That would give an attacker access to about 140 gigawatts of electricity.

That's a lot by any standard.

I'm not a professional in the energy, but that looks huge.

That's a big blackout, man.