Undocumented cellular radios also found in Chinese batteries and solar power inverters installed in USA grid - Upgoat

Undocumented cellular radios also found in Chinese batteries and solar power inverters installed in USA grid
submitted by allAheadFull to whatever 9 hoursMay 14, 2025 22:02:40 ago (+6/-0) (www.reuters.com)
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/ghost-machine-rogue-communication-devices-found-chinese-inverters-2025-05-14/

Starlink, Chinese balloons, or local infiltrators could use these to shut down part of the grid or start fires.

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[ - ] xmasskull 0 points 8 hoursMay 14, 2025 23:48:51 ago (+0/-0)

Why? Why would the chinos try & fuk over their Best customer?

[ + ] NoRefunds

[ - ] NoRefunds 2 points 7 hoursMay 15, 2025 00:12:15 ago (+2/-0)

They're just doing exactly what we did to them

[ + ] mikenigger

[ - ] mikenigger 0 points 2 hoursMay 15, 2025 05:16:42 ago (+0/-0)

to make it costly to defend taiwan when the time comes

[ - ] inaminit 0 points 7 hoursMay 14, 2025 23:55:09 ago (+0/-0)

Nefarious at best.

[ - ] Indoctrinated_USA 1 point 5 hoursMay 15, 2025 02:41:24 ago (+1/-0)

That's because, using 2015 numbers - the last I ever saw on the topic, over 10,000 Chinese nationals were employed in various capacities across our national electical critical infrastructure.

[ - ] TheYiddler 0 points 4 hoursMay 15, 2025 03:00:14 ago (+0/-0)

All of the temu store garbage has shitty rechargable batteries in it. That stuff easily spontaneously combust. Figure twenty gadgets ten years old... A house fire is inevitable.

[ - ] observation1 0 points 4 hoursMay 15, 2025 03:18:51 ago (+0/-0)

Remimds me when sombeody bought a mop off amazon and it tried to connect to his router

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