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Title: Rogue Communication Devices Found in Chinese Solar Power Inverters

Link: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/05/14/165524...

Gilmoure shares a report: U.S. energy officials are reassessing the risk
posed by Chinese-made devices that play a critical role in renewable energy
infrastructure after unexplained communication equipment was found inside
some of them, two people familiar with the matter said. Power inverters,
which are predominantly produced in China, are used throughout the world to
connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids. They are also
found in batteries, heat pumps and electric vehicle chargers. [...] Using the
rogue communication devices to skirt firewalls and switch off inverters
remotely, or change their settings, could destabilise power grids, damage
energy infrastructure, and trigger widespread blackouts, experts said. "That
effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid,"
one of the people said, The two people declined to name the Chinese
manufacturers of the inverters and batteries with extra communication
devices, nor say how many they had found in total.

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