Researchers discovered that renewable energy facilities in Central Europe use unencrypted radio signals to manage electricity loads across the grid, affecting 450 million people. This alarming finding arose from a project originally intended to control streetlights in Berlin. After reverse-engineering the communication methods, they found that commands for energy regulation could be intercepted and replayed, revealing a significant security vulnerability. The implications of this expose are critical for energy security and highlight the need for encryption in infrastructure communications to prevent potential hacking.
Renewable energy facilities in Central Europe utilize unencrypted radio signals for commands to manage energy loads, posing significant security risks.
The researchers were surprised to find that by simply replaying legitimate radio signals, they could control streetlights and infrastructure across Central Europe.
Collection
[
|
...
]