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‘Rogue’ devices found in Chinese solar inverters raises cybersecurity alarm in Europe (www.pv-tech.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Hotznplotzn@lemmy.sdf.org to c/technology@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/34531692

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US energy officials have found unexplained communication equipment inside some Chinese-made inverter devices.

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Reuters reported the presence of undocumented and “rogue” communication devices in a number of Chinese-made solar inverters. These could potentially introduce unregulated and undocumented remote communication channels to the inverters, by which an actor could remotely bypass the cybersecurity firewalls that utility companies use to prevent direct communication back to China.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 month ago

Just like the comment I responded to is just a baseless "oh they're saying something bad about China, China is awesome, they're wrong!" comment.

I don't know about inverters for solar, and yeah, some basic communication equipment will be needed, I'm sure.

I'm also sure that China does add extra shit in there that isn't supposed to be there, but then again, I'm sure that the US does the same.

Either way, I was mostly commenting about the flippant baseless denial from OP