"Offshore Wind Farms Are Vulnerable to Cyberattacks, New Concordia Study Shows"
A team of researchers from Concordia and Hydro-Quebec conducted a study on the risks of cyberattacks faced by offshore wind farms. The researchers focused on wind farms that use Voltage-Source Converter High-Voltage Direct-Current (VSC-HVDC) connections, which are quickly becoming the most cost-effective solution for harvesting offshore wind energy. Offshore wind farms rely on complex, hybrid communication architecture, thus providing multiple entry points for cyberattacks. If malicious actors gained access to the local area network of the converter station on the wind farm side, they could tamper with the system's sensors, which could lead to the replacement of actual data with false information. This article continues to discuss the study "A Data Integrity Attack Targeting VSC-HVDC-Connected Offshore Wind Farms."
Submitted by grigby1