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Hackers Find Open Back Door to Power Grid With Renewables

“Anytime you introduce more software, you introduce more complexity and inevitably more potential holes to the system,” said Gavin O’Gorman, a threat intelligence analyst at Symantec Corp. (SYMC:US), the security company based in Mountain View, California, that identified the “Dragonfly” threat.

Rogue Programmer

Energy companies are only starting to understand the vulnerabilities that smart meters bring, said Nick Hunn, chief technology officer at WiFore, a U.K.-based wireless technology consultant.

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