Security Holes Found In "Smart" Meters
Found on Slashdot on Saturday, 27 March 2010
Now the Associated Press reports that smart meters have security flaws that could let hackers tamper with the power grid, opening the door for attackers to jack up strangers' power bills, remotely turn someone else's power on and off, or even allow attackers to get into the utilities' computer networks to steal data or stage bigger attacks on the grid.
'Even though these protocols were designed recently, they exhibit security failures we've known about for the past 10 years,' says Wright.
It's as if nobody saw this coming. You don't simply put some new technology onto the Internet and expect it to be secure by default. I can't wait for the day until a sophisticated hack brings down the power in a state or two.