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ansible | 1 year ago

The high-voltage side should be separated from the electronics, so it shouldn't be dangerous if you are observant.

It may be sufficient to just disconnect the antennas from the WiFi module, that will help prevent any network connections.

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Nextgrid|1 year ago

Disconnecting the antenna would still have leakage at close range. Grounding the antenna might be a better option. But in practice, the dangers highlighted by the article only surface when an attacker has control of many solar plants at scale.

Compromising an individual one by getting close-range physical access will be a local annoyance but wouldn't scale to a level where it can threaten the grid, so it limits the pool of potential attackers to local vandals (which can achieve their goals easier by just throwing rocks at your panels).

ijustlovemath|1 year ago

Without an antenna, even at close range, initial handshakes will fail or be unreliable.

serial_dev|1 year ago

Disclaimer, ymmw, if you have no clue about these systems (average people), you can still easily kill yourself in the process.