Recently, it came out in the news that some fake social media accounts, originating from China, have been giving a Canadian rare earth mineral supplier a really hard time. Most of the time, the best way to deal with fake accounts and bots is to ignore them, but that isn’t a great option this time. In this short article series, I’m going to try to give an in-depth explanation about how these attacks work, why they matter, and what we can do to protect clean technology from being used against us.
How The Internet Fails Us
There’s an old saying: “If it’s on the internet, it must be true.”
While you can find a lot of good information on the internet, there’s also a lot of garbage. Where are you going to find much of the mental cyber junk food? Social media. Everyone’s an expert, and the real experts don’t know what they’re talking about. Wind turbines are not only…
A Tricky Cyber War Against Clean Energy
