New Study: EV hacking = Blackout

Who conducted the research study? NYU Tandon’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

What did researchers discover?

• Policymakers must take steps to take steps “to protect the data generated between electric cars and charging stations”

Why? hacking EV chargers is easy and the fall out is city wide blackouts

Public Plug-in Electric Vehicles + Grid Data: Is a New Cyberattack Vector Viable? via Utility Dive