Cyber Attacks

On December 23, 2015, some 200,000 people in the Ukraine experienced a power outage which lasted several hours. No storm or faulty equipment caused this electricity cut; it was, in fact, the result of a cyberattack. Gabrielle Desarnaud of the French Institute of International Relations explains the energy sector’s increasing vulnerability to cyberattacks, examines how cyberattacks on energy infrastructure could negatively impact the economy and looks at how Europe is working to overcome obstacles to the creation of “common cybersecurity culture.” getAbstract recommends this report to European Union policy makers and leaders within the European energy sector.