Chinese “kill switches” that could allow Beijing to cripple power grids and trigger blackouts across the West have been found in equipment at US solar farms.
The rogue devices, including cellular radios, were discovered in Chinese-made power inverters that are used to connect solar panels and wind turbines to electricity grids across the world, including the UK.
The hidden communications equipment could be deployed remotely to switch off inverters with potentially catastrophic results.
The discovery, reported by Reuters, will heighten concerns that China has installed covert malware in critical energy infrastructure throughout the US and Europe. The kill switches could be deployed at any time in the event of a confrontation between China and the West.
Some serious work needs to be done on this crap in all Western countries. And any installations in the works need to be examined closely.
Also, for any utility company that thinks they'll be able to avoid damage claims using an act of war defense, they should rethink that.
Then, of course, there is the perhaps mythical kill switch on F-35...which is giving our (they thought they were) allies second thoughts about buying American aerospace. Trump & Co opened such a box of evil and dysfunction...which they tout as dynamic and domineering.
ReplyDelete1) China isn't the only one with access to that technology
ReplyDelete2) Have you wondered about those 90 second atc glitches? First Newark/NY now reported from Denver and Dallas Ft Worth. Three is a pattern
3) I remember Saudi Arabia did 9/11; Qatar funds Hamas
If you have TP-Link in your network you might want to replace it. Asus is made in Taiwan.
ReplyDeleteIt's not every day a humble Wi-Fi router makes an appearance in the halls of Congress. But that's exactly what happened on March 5 when Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, a Democrat from Illinois, held up a TP-Link router and said, “Don’t use this.”
Krishnamoorthi has been urging a ban of the routers for months in response to several China-backed cyberattacks last year. Investigators at the Commerce, Defense and Justice departments all opened probes into TP-Link routers in 2024 due to ties to Chinese cyberattacks.
https://www.cnet.com/home/internet/tp-link-is-under-investigation-for-predatory-pricing-should-you-replace-your-router/
Bonus laugher
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0mbBa3A3uk