"UCI Cyber-Physical Security Researchers Highlight Vulnerability of Solar Inverters"

Cyber-physical systems security researchers at the University of California demonstrated the use of inexpensive equipment to attack a grid-tied solar inverter. The researchers built a remote spoofing device composed of an electromagnet, an Arduino Uno microprocessor, and an ultrasonic sensor to abuse electromagnetic components contained by many grid-tied solar inverters. Without touching the solar inverter, one could hide the device in a coffee cup near the inverter, leave, and destabilize the power grid from anywhere in the world. Power grid destabilization could result in a major blackout. This article continues to discuss the spoofing apparatus assembled by researchers at the University of California to bring further attention to the vulnerability of solar inverters to attack and the ease at which the spoofing device can be constructed. 

UCI reports "UCI Cyber-Physical Security Researchers Highlight Vulnerability of Solar Inverters"