Catching up with #38C3 presentations. Just watched #BlinkenCity presentation:
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencity-radio-controlling-street-lamps-and-power-plants
A significant portion of Europe's renewable energy production can be remotely controlled via longwave radio. While this system is intende...
Ok, so which one of you is using the knowledge gained from #38C3 @positive_sec talk "BlinkenCity: Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and Power Plants" to play with the streetlamps in my town?
#blinkencity #ripple #efr #FlipperZero #versacom #semagyr #Schweiz
At #38c3, we presented our #BlinkenCity research, which started as a fun art project idea, and ended up as a plausible European #blackout scenario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAf-T3bFJFs
Details: https://positive.security/blog/blinkencity-38c3
TL;DR: Some European countries use unencrypted and unauthenticated #longwave radio to steer parts of their renewable power, enough to potentially cause a Europe-wide blackout.
The control signals can be sent with just a #Flipper Zero over short distance, or via self-built transmitters over a long distance (e.g. using a kite to lift an antenna wire).
The system is also used for street lamp control, allowing for a scaled-up “Project #Blinkenlights” art installation that transforms an entire city into a screen (for astronauts).
The company operating this system has threatened us with lawsuits and (now publicly) denies the risk.
A significant portion of Europe's renewable energy production can be remotely controlled via longwave radio. While this system is intende...
Ein Geheimdienst baut Pager mit Sprengstoff, vertickt sie an die richtigen Leute. Sendet auch noch die richtigen Signale und die #EFR glaubt, dass sowas nicht möglich ist.
"#BlinkenCity: Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and #Power Plants"
Everybody talks about a potential #blackout in recent years ...
The talk researches #infrastructure in germany. They demo their findings including evaluation of the abuse potential.
Is this hacking dangerous or necessary?
"Everytime we reported something, they fixed it"
Sounds necessary!
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencity-radio-controlling-street-lamps-and-power-plants
A significant portion of Europe's renewable energy production can be remotely controlled via longwave radio. While this system is intende...
The #BlinkenCity talk at #38c3 had everything I love about a good #CCC conference talk: Fabian Bräunlein and Luca Melette were up to some harmless mischief but ended up uncovering a real-life clusterfuck that could severely harm us all and are now getting threatened with serious legal action.
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencity-radio-controlling-street-lamps-and-power-plants
It turns out that large parts of the European #powergrid are controlled by an unencrypted radio control protocol and we're cooked!
A significant portion of Europe's renewable energy production can be remotely controlled via longwave radio. While this system is intende...
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