Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters

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suraci · 3h ago

> "We know that China believes there is value in placing at least some elements of our core infrastructure at risk of destruction or disruption," said Mike Rogers, a former director of the U.S. National Security Agency

> "That effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid," one of the people said

actionfromafar · 4h ago

How hard would it be to plant rogue devices in larger equipment, such as an airliner?

Arnt · 3h ago

You mean: How hard would it be for a field service engineer to hide something like https://c02.purpledshub.com/uploads/sites/39/2024/10/Matt-Ho... inside a large machine?

Or: How hard would it be to hide a bomb inside a battery and then sell a gadget containing the battery via an internet marketplace?

beeforpork · 4h ago

Luckily, friends don't do that!

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Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters

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