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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Hacking Public EV Chargers
2022-11-30
[HACKADAY] While digging into "How to Hack WIFI Operated Police Assault / Bomb Disposal Robots", I came across something also interesting.

How To Hack Public EV Chargers.

Examples:
"A charger fitted with a card skimmer could lead to a criminal compromising the credit cards of a few hundred users. "

Or "Open web configuration pages could let a hacker disable chargers or cancel user sessions in progress."

All done at up to over 120FT away.
Thus stranding drivers w/o enough juice or $$$$ to return home.

A related DOE White Paper :
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1877784

Posted by:NN2N1

#10  
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-30 14:39  

#9  Electrons are fungible...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-11-30 12:29  

#8  EV cars should only use wind or solar power to charge their cars.
Let them sit out there on a cloudy day.
Posted by: crazyhorse   2022-11-30 11:58  

#7  I only use cash at gas stations because of skimmers. I suppose that would be a problem at a charging station with no associated convenience store cash register and meatware attendant.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-11-30 11:22  

#6  If the spectacular cold this winter materializes as Joe Bastardi thinks (see article earlier posted today) then some folks are going to be in a world of hurt in their EV. Nothing saps battery life like extreme cold and resistance heating. Would hate to be stuck in a traffic jam in a cold snap..potentially lethal.
Posted by: Warthog   2022-11-30 09:12  

#5  /\ Unfortunately, this type of 'hurray for me f... you' mentality permeates our society today. Very sad.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-30 08:40  

#4  Exciting event recently at EV charging spot in Safeway lot: 2 ev spots w/ 1 occupied by ic powered car(yay for the driver); second spot had ev parked in such a manner that required inventive routing og cord ( evidently respotting car was beyond mental bandwidth of operator), so another ev operator stopped and asked when he would be done. “When i am finished”
Hope the ic car guy doesnt come back to a keyed paint job.
Nothing on the pavement says ev only parking.
Posted by: USN, Ret.   2022-11-30 08:36  

#3  When the grid goes down, people eventually have to move elsewhere. Doctors, hospitals, schools, modern infrastructure cannot function. The Russian knows what he is doing.

Oh WAIT !

Guardian - Ukraine pleads for help to fix energy grid hit by Russian bomb raids
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-11-30 06:14  

#2  Report: China’s Electric Vehicle Industry Destroying the Environment in Indonesia
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-30 06:01  

#1  I want to see the hack that removes the current flow regulator.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-11-30 05:18  

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