Items Tagged with 'smart meter'

If terrorists or other extremist groups attacked an electrical substation, thousands could be without power for months, possibly resulting in hundreds or thousands of deaths in the event of extreme weather.

Seventy-five percent of energy security professionals say that smart grid security has not been adequately addressed in smart grid deployment.

FBI officials are finding that smart meters have pretty dumb security, as magnet-toting hackers can easily fool the devices.