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Here is the original study: Restrict Remote Access of PV Inverters from High-Risk Vendors

The European Solar Manufacturing Council (ESMC) has issued a stark warning, highlighting a critical threat to Europe’s energy autonomy stemming from the unregulated remote access capabilities of PV inverters produced by non-European, high-risk manufacturers—particularly those from China. A recent study by DNV substantiates these concerns.

As solar power becomes increasingly integral to Europe’s clean energy goals and energy security, a major vulnerability looms: software-enabled remote access to PV inverters—the essential control units of solar power systems.

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The threat is real, not hypothetical. Internet connectivity is essential for modern inverters to perform grid support functions and participate in power markets. However, this connectivity also enables remote software updates, allowing manufacturers to potentially modify device performance from afar. This poses serious cybersecurity risks, including the danger of intentional disruption or large-scale shutdowns. A recent DNV report, commissioned by SolarPower Europe, highlights the credible risk of cascading blackouts due to coordinated or malicious manipulation of inverters.

  • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    The only whataboutism is coming from your comment.

    1. I was not saying that we should just let China do its thing. I was saying that instead of just focusing on China, we should be banning the companies which have are by law obligated to provide backdoors too.
    2. the US is a fashist state, and if you somehow really think its not threat enough that trump is arresting children and sentencing them without lawyers, as well as sending immigrants to KZs, you should really see a doctor.
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      2 days ago

      to point number 2, China is also a fascist state. your meme is whataboutism because it’s implying we should leave China alone while at the same time China is committing the same abuses that the US does. I’m a FOSS advocate in software and hardware, most Chinese tech doesn’t meet the standards of respecting human rights

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        2 days ago

        it’s implying we should leave China alone

        It just implies that we should treat the US and Chinese more similarly. Whether this means avoiding the US more or working more closely with China is completely up to interpretation.

        most Chinese tech doesn’t meet the standards of respecting human rights

        Is that a problem with Chinese tech, or just proprietary tech? Because apart from privacy, I can’t tell which human rights tech is supposed to respect, and lack of privacy is an issue not limited to Chinese tech.

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          1 day ago

          Is that a problem with Chinese tech, or just proprietary tech? Because apart from privacy, I can’t tell which human rights tech is supposed to respect

          not using Uyghur slave labor in East Turkestan would be a bare minimum for example. I’m not implying that China is alone in this, it’s a problem in all the other capitalist countries.

          even if they made their tech open source, I highly doubt they’d stop exploiting the populace