This Man Hacked His Own Solar Panels… And Claims 1,000 More Homes Vulnerable

Fred Bret-Mounet knows how best to secure his home: by hacking it.

When he equipped his home with a solar array – “like any good Californian” – his first thought was to test its security. After all, it was connected to the internet. Ergo, it almost certainly had some vulnerabilities. He wasn’t to be disappointed. The problems he found, according to the security pro, could have allowed him spy on and hack the power supply of at least 1,000 homes.

His first concern was an open Wi-Fi access point being served from his solar array’s Management Unit (MMU), a product from Tigo Energy, a device that allows panels to be controlled and monitored from the web. If anyone could login to that, they would have a good chance of spying on his home network, Bret-Mounet told FORBES. “Anyone within Wi-Fi range could connect to that device and potentially jump onto my home network, which is absolutely scary.” For the full article click here 

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