Vulns found in the "Wallbox" home EV charger, that could compromise home wifi or even allow hackers to turn on all the chargers in a street at once - which can open the feeder pillar fuse at the substation - a guaranteed off supply for many houses for an hour or more (as long as it takes for the DNO (distribution network operator) engineers to replace the fuse -and it could be opened multiple times causing further power cuts if the hackers make repeated strikes...

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I thought there was a regulation about security testing of such devices, but maybe I remember incorrectly or it was not UK πŸ€” In any case, idiots designing this actually put people at risk.

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@kravietz there is a /planned/ regulation in UK, but it hasn't been implemented yet..

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