A former National Security Agency analyst said that rogue communications devices found in Chinese solar power inverters pose a national security risk to the U.S.
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AformeranalystwiththeNationalSecurityAgencysaidthatChinaispositioningequipmentin“strategicplaces”thatcouldbeusedtodisruptU.S.commerceafterroguecommunicationdeviceswerefoundinsideChinesesolarpowerinverters.
RoguecommunicationdevicesthatwerenotinofficialproductdocumentswerefoundinsideChinesesolarpowerinverterswhentheywereexaminedbyU.S.expertsforpossiblesecurityissues,twosourcestoldReuters.
Thetwosourcessaidthattheroguepowerinvertershaveundocumentedcommunicationchannelswhichcouldbeusedtocircumventfirewallsremotely,whichcouldhavemajorconsequences.Thesepowerinvertersconnectthesolarpaneltoelecticgrids.
RockyCole,formerintelligenceanalystattheNationalSecurityAgencyandco-founderofiVerify,toldFoxNewsDigitalit’s“veryconceivable”thatChinaisusingtheseroguepowerinverterstogainaccesstoAmericaninfrastructure.
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