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Miguel Afonso Caetano 🦾 🌹 @[email protected] · 2026-07-20 · 23:51 UTC

"The EV charging industry has well-established security standards. OCPP (Open Charge Point Protocol) provides clear guidelines for securing the communication channel between EV Chargers and the Charging Station Management System (CSMS): use VPNs or Private APNs, implement OCPP Security Profile 2 or higher, enforce TLS mutual authentication etc. When properly configured, these measures make it significantly harder for threat actors to compromise the management channel.

But what about the other side of the charger?

While the industry has focused on securing the backend communication, the attack surface exposed through the CCS2 charging plug remains largely untested.

Every time an EV connects to a charger, it establishes an IP network over Power Line Communication (PLC). This network was designed for V2G protocols. But we also discovered other EV charger operating system services listening on these network interfaces.

From a traditional IT security perspective, think of this attack vector as analogous to an attacker having a port in the corporate LAN. The scenario is identical, except the port isn't an RJ45 jack in the office, it's a CCS2 connector in a parking lot.

This has profound implications: compromised EV chargers can serve as a foothold into CPO (Charge Point Operator) private networks. Since chargers often connect to backend systems via VPN or Private APN infrastructure, an attacker with access to a charger could potentially pivot to back-office systems, billing platforms, or other critical infrastructure."

https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers

#CyberSecurity #OCPP #EVs #CCS2

#cybersecurity #ocpp #evs #ccs2

[email protected] @[email protected] · 2025-12-27 · 13:59 UTC

#marctestet:

#Mitsubishi #Outlander #PHEV an #CCS laden mit #Orientrise #CCS2 to #CHAdeMo #Adapter

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fhuJ4lROcHI

#marctestet #mitsubishi #outlander #phev #ccs #orientrise

[email protected] @[email protected] · 2025-04-29 · 18:31 UTC

Der erste #CCS2 to #CHAdeMO-Adapter ist in #Europa erhältlich.

Viele Leute dachten, eine solche Umstellung sei unmöglich. Über 10 Jahre lang hatten #CHAdeMO-Fahrer keine andere Möglichkeit zum #Schnellladen. Es gibt fast keine neuen #CHAdeMO-Stationen und die Fahrer müssen sich vollständig auf die alte Infrastruktur verlassen. Auch deren Wartung wird vernachlässigt, was oft zu erfolglosen Ladeversuchen führt.

https://evniculus.eu/de/blogs/journal/the-first-ccs2-to-chademo-adapter-is-out-now-in-europe

#ccs2 #chademo #europa #schnellladen

quixote @[email protected] · 2024-01-22 · 07:57 UTC

There's (apparently) finally a #Chademo to #CCS2 adapter! (If you don't know what I'm on about, you're lucky. #Nissan #Leaf owners will know.)

Is this the same one you mentioned a while back, Gavin @KiwiEV ?

The sticking point is it's only sold on Alibaba, which is B2B, so you have to buy 2 and they're US$1050 each. Ouch. But at least now the adapter exists and we can hope the price comes down. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/CCS2-TO-CHAdeMO-adapter-DC-fast_1600998694103.html Heard about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wydql2N_F-k (Dala is Norwegian and a hoot.)

#chademo #ccs2 #nissan #leaf