Smart meters in Spain can be hacked to hit the National power network

  • 18 October 2014
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Two researchers analyzed Smart meters widely used in Spain and discovered that can be hacked by attackers to harm the overall National power network.

Internet of things devices are becoming a privileged target of cyber criminals, recently Akamai disclosed the existence of the Spike botnet which used by bad actors to run DDoS attacks through desktops and IoT devices. Another report issued by the same vendor explained that bad actors are exploiting vulnerable UPnP devices worldwide to run reflection and amplification DDoS attacks.
The number of Internet of Things is growing at an exponential pace with the increase in smart devices deployed in several objects that we daily manage.
Today we will discuss about another interesting case occurred in Spain, millions of Network-connected electricity meters, also known as Smart meters, are susceptible to cyberattack due to lack of proper security controls according to studies carried out by the security researchers, Javier Vazquez Vidal and Alberto Garcia Illera.  
 
    http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/29353/security/smart-meters-hacking.html

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OH I have not thought about the Smart Meters.....   A LOT of utility companies in the U.S. are using those now too.  I wonder just how many of those devices are also vulnerable.
 
 

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