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Ok, so which one of you is using the knowledge gained from #38C3 @positive_sec talk "BlinkenCity: Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and Power Plants" to play with the streetlamps in my town?
#blinkencity #ripple #efr #FlipperZero #versacom #semagyr #Schweiz
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At #38c3, we presented our #BlinkenCity research, which started as a fun art project idea, and ended up as a plausible European #blackout scenario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAf-T3bFJFs
Details: https://positive.security/blog/blinkencity-38c3
TL;DR: Some European countries use unencrypted and unauthenticated #longwave radio to steer parts of their renewable power, enough to potentially cause a Europe-wide blackout.
The control signals can be sent with just a #Flipper Zero over short distance, or via self-built transmitters over a long distance (e.g. using a kite to lift an antenna wire).
The system is also used for street lamp control, allowing for a scaled-up “Project #Blinkenlights” art installation that transforms an entire city into a screen (for astronauts).
The company operating this system has threatened us with lawsuits and (now publicly) denies the risk.
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Laden an der Straßenlaterne? Wurde das vom Team #Blinkencity eventuell auch schon ausprobiert? ;)) #38c3
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Ein Geheimdienst baut Pager mit Sprengstoff, vertickt sie an die richtigen Leute. Sendet auch noch die richtigen Signale und die #EFR glaubt, dass sowas nicht möglich ist.
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"#BlinkenCity: Radio-Controlling Street Lamps and #Power Plants"
Everybody talks about a potential #blackout in recent years ...
The talk researches #infrastructure in germany. They demo their findings including evaluation of the abuse potential.
Is this hacking dangerous or necessary?
"Everytime we reported something, they fixed it"
Sounds necessary!
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencity-radio-controlling-street-lamps-and-power-plants
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The #BlinkenCity talk at #38c3 had everything I love about a good #CCC conference talk: Fabian Bräunlein and Luca Melette were up to some harmless mischief but ended up uncovering a real-life clusterfuck that could severely harm us all and are now getting threatened with serious legal action.
https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-blinkencity-radio-controlling-street-lamps-and-power-plants
It turns out that large parts of the European #powergrid are controlled by an unencrypted radio control protocol and we're cooked!
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The #Blinkencity session was supposed to be unrecorded, but that changed a few hours ago. Just about when the power company made the statement?
Well.
"Lawsuits are temporary, glory is forever." 🦾
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There are #CCC conference talks and there is stuff like #BlinkenCity. I am watching this with my jaw dropped! I'll provide a link later. This stuff is un-fucking-believable.