DarkReading.com reported that “Organizations secure work phones and company laptops, but attackers could be lurking, targeting the electric current running those devices.” The April 22, 2026 article entitled “Electricity Is a Growing Area of Cyber Risk” (https://www.darkreading.com/cyber-risk/electricity-growing-area-cyber-risk) included these comments:
Direct current (DC) power regulation helps to stabilize the energy powering electronics people use daily, from solar panels and connected cars to smartphones and essential computer parts. It’s also vital across critical infrastructures like telecommunications, industrial automation, and data centers.
DC regulators provide stable voltage to prevent damage or more concerningly, outages that stem from power surges. However, the power ecosystem is becoming more complex as technology advances — opening a potential new attack vector. There are many famous attacks against DC power infrastructure, but they’re often viewed as unexplained physical damage, safety failure systems, and mysterious outages, which may not be the case, explains Andy Davis, global research director at NCC Group.
Additionally, software vulnerabilities that could potentially be exploited have been found in some of the newer, more sophisticated DC regulator models.
Early in the industrial age, when systems required electrical power, it didn’t need to be well regulated. Electricity just needed to power systems adequately enough to complete simple tasks, adds Davis.
But IT systems have grown immensely more complicated over the years, requiring more power, with greater voltage fluctuations. Rising technologies such as artificial intelligence and quantum computing are big electricity hogs.
Are you surprised?
First published at https://www.vogelitlaw.com/blog/cyber-risk-for-electricity-growing