How hackers could attack Europe’s energy grid | Business Beyond
Hackers have been able to access solar power plants and rooftop solar installations in Europe. The amount of energy they could manipulate is critical to grid stability. Hackers we talked to had good intentions of safeguarding cybersecurity. But what power do actors like Russia and China wield? And what can normal users do about this threat to grid stability? For more from the experts we spoke to: Andreas Ulbig, Professor at the Institute of High Voltage Equipment and Grids, Digitalization and Energy Economics – https://www.iaew.rwth-aachen.de/cms/iaew/das-institut/team/aktive-energieverteilnetze/~jnsic/andreas-ulbig/?allou=1&lidx=1 Samantha Hoffman, Nonresident Fellow at The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) – https://www.nbr.org/people/samantha-hoffman/ Stefan Hessel, Head of Digital Business at Reusch Law – https://www.reuschlaw.de/team/detail/stefan-hessel/ Chapters: 00:00 How Solar Power can be hacked 05:38 Solar Power and Cybercrime are on the rise 10:24 Why the Power Grid is fragile 15:12 The Global Powers hacking into critical infrastructure 18:05 How the Internet of Things can become safer 23:13 Conclusion #solar #cybersecurity Credit to : DW News