Peaches Posted June 14, 2009 Report Share Posted June 14, 2009 Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnetGrid-burrowing worm only the beginning"New electricity meters being rolled out to millions of homes and businesses are riddled with security bugs that could bring down the power grid, according to a security researcher who plans to demonstrate several attacks at a security conference next month.The so-called smart meters for the first time provide two-way communications between electricity users and the power plants that serve them. Prodded by billions of dollars from President Obama's economic stimulus package, utilities in Seattle, Houston, Miami, and elsewhere are racing to install them as part of a plan to make the power grid more efficient. Their counterparts throughout Europe are also spending heavily on the new technology."story .. theregister - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/12/sm...security_risks/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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