Hacking Rooftop Solar Is a Way to Break Europe’s Power Grid
Bloomberg reports that the rush to install millions of smart panels is creating vulnerabilities inside electricity networks.
All it takes is one hacker and a batch of faulty solar panels to threaten the safety of Europe’s electric grid. Vangelis Stykas, a cybersecurity consultant, said he figured out how to do it. Using a laptop and smartphone at his home in Thessaloniki, Greece, Stykas bypassed firewalls in panels around the world and gained access to more power than... ...
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