Power grid in Central Europe uses unencrypted radio signals to add and shed loads.
  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘English
    8•2 days ago

    Unencrypted radio on a power grid??? What in the flip?! What wanker kept this going into the 2000s??

    • esaEnglish
      4•2 days ago

      I imagine the German response here is to be annoyed that they’ve worked very hard to be able to do this without telefax, indeed without paper at all, and it’s still not considered good enough by the peanut gallery.

    • slazer2auEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      The utility company motto. If it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.

        • slazer2auEnglish
          1•1 day ago

          Is it though? If messages are working over the link that would be their definition of working.

          • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘English
            1•1 day ago

            The messages might be working right now, but the security (and, therefore, the stability and longevity) is broken.

  • JustinEnglish
    7•3 days ago

    Very serious vulnerability. These systems likely haven’t been revised since the 80s or 90s.

  • @[email protected]English
    5•3 days ago

    I had seen the original talk and was shocked how little regulators seem to care. Especially in the post-stuxnet world, with a second cold war being in full swing.