13:18 Hackers can unleash "smart" electricity grid | |
| Security experts warn the U.S. government that the introduction of a national system of "smart" power grids face unprecedented hacker attacks. According to them, using simple equipment worth over $ 500, hackers can perform an attack that would lead to a cascading shutdown. Intelligent power (smart grid) - a new initiative of the authorities, supported by many IT-companies, including Google. It already allocated $ 4.5 billion from svezheprinyatogo plan to stimulate the U.S. economy. The project envisages the supply of homes in the country's interactive meters that are connected to the information system, as well as upgrading the energy infrastructure. Here are two main advantages of the new approach: 1. Each device (be it a washing machine or server) will be able to determine at what time the electricity has the lowest value (at night, early morning) and will automatically run the resource-intensive process at this time. 2. Users will be able to give a total net surplus of its electricity. For example, there unnecessary drain the charge from the battery or the energy accumulated on the solar cells. And to get money for it. However, this system has a number of vulnerabilities, experts say. In their view, a weak point is the count, combined in one network. In their view, a hacker can get into your system and produce a massive manipulation of meter readings. Thus, an attacker can initiate a simultaneous launch of millions of home appliances across America. This immediately causes congestion and cascade off substations. The problem is that the industry, which has already started production of intelligent electricity meters (as a firm Itron) still has not developed a common standard of security for them. It feels like they're just in a hurry to learn from the budget allocated money. | |
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