‘Rogue’ devices found in Chinese solar inverters raises cybersecurity alarm in Europe
US energy officials have found unexplained communication equipment inside some Chinese-made inverter devices.
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Undisclosed communication devices found in Chinese inverters
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I’m not surprised. Look we are entering a new less intense Cold War with China. Assume everything that could be used for leverage is until proven otherwise. Accept the risk. Mitigate it. Do better next time.
Dieselhead
Minister of Fire
I just finished reading the original Reuter's report on these concerns.
A grid relying primarily on renewables has some greater issues and costs to keep it stable. It's not a trivial problem, as noted by the recent failure in Spain.
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A grid relying primarily on renewables has some greater issues and costs to keep it stable. It's not a trivial problem, as noted by the recent failure in Spain.
What Caused Spain and Portugal’s Massive Power Outage?
At about midday on Monday, April 28, large power outages left millions of homes and businesses in Spain and Portugal without power.…
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This could be greater than what happened on the Iberian peninsula.
China decides to invade Taiwan or more probable in my opinion, Russia. They need to distract the USA. Let’s upload some new firmware that will cause the inverters to catch fire. Oh look, now nobody is paying attention to what’s happening in Asia.
Japan tried to start forest fires here too. It’s not a new idea. The only thing new is we made it real easy for them to do it. We even strapped them to the side of our house. Japan had to resort to sending balloons over.
China decides to invade Taiwan or more probable in my opinion, Russia. They need to distract the USA. Let’s upload some new firmware that will cause the inverters to catch fire. Oh look, now nobody is paying attention to what’s happening in Asia.
Japan tried to start forest fires here too. It’s not a new idea. The only thing new is we made it real easy for them to do it. We even strapped them to the side of our house. Japan had to resort to sending balloons over.