cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/10061950
Security researchers from the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) have exposed critical vulnerabilities in Hoymiles solar inverters that allow attackers to remotely control, manipulate, or destroy hundreds of thousands of solar installations across Europe. The Chinese manufacturer holds roughly 20 percent of the European microinverter market, making the security flaw a widespread threat to balcony power plants and small rooftop solar systems.
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During experimental tests, a modified handheld scanner located two dozen foreign inverters and their identification numbers within 20 minutes. In Augsburg, Hunz identified 42 hackable systems within just one hour. The radio signals can travel several hundred meters, making it feasible to mount attack equipment on drones for systematic scanning of residential areas.
Once attackers have the serial numbers, they can switch inverters on or off, alter power limits, and inject malware through an unprotected firmware update command. Tampering with sensitive network parameters or erasing bootloader memory could lead to fires, electrical accidents, or device destruction requiring physical repair.
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The CCC informed Hoymiles [which is headquartered in China] about the vulnerability in February but received no initial response. Only after the German Federal Office for Information Security contacted the Chinese authority CNCERT did Hoymiles react at the end of June. The company announced a security update for mid-October.
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Ok, we need to refer to them as something else. I thought we had a much bigger problem on our hands when I first read the title.
Yeah, I was legit impressed both with the brazen threat of the hackers as well as Europe for somehow becoming a galaxy spanning union.
The stars on the flag aren’t stars, they’re actually galaxies!
I read that same line 3 times before realizing this is not comic book villain bad.
This is some Men in Black shit I think
that’s bad, we’ll get a pretty bad reputation around the milky way
Already had one, why else do you think no one has contacted us yet? Wouldn’t you steer clear of this planet?
Mostly harmless.
I can’t wait for the day they decide to build a hyperspatial express highway through our star system
Why the hell do solar panels need wireless connectivity?
Why would a toaster or a toilet? Or an ordinary vacuum for that matter.
Article created using AI. Ultimate facepalm!
Here is the article by CCC (in German)
Edit:
China Holds a Kill Switch to European Power Grids (May 2025)
Despite years of debate about supply chain resilience, more than 70 percent of world’s solar inverters come from Chinese manufacturers. The three biggest players – Huawei, Sungrow, and Ginlong Solis – are all Chinese. Here lies the first paradox: Huawei has been banned from a large portion of Europe’s 5G networks due to national security concerns, yet its technology is welcomed into the power grid.
please destroy facebook, Palantir or Elon Musk and Peter Thiel shit, not solar panels.
