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Default passwords, unpatched firmware, unencrypted traffic: according to a report from a Canberra University research organisation, Australia's smart electricity meter rollouts are characterised by n00b-level security gaffes. The warning comes from the University's Centre for Internet Safety, which published its Smart Meters: …

  1. adam 40

    The first smartmeter botnet?

    When do we expect to see the first smartmeter-powered botnet emerge?

    It can't be long....

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