{"id":19153,"date":"2018-02-19T07:44:25","date_gmt":"2018-02-18T21:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=19153"},"modified":"2024-08-18T20:12:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T10:42:32","slug":"solar-inverter-security-hackers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-inverter-security-hackers\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Protect Your Solar Inverter From Hackers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Is your web-connected solar inverter secure?<\/p><\/div>\n

Note from Finn:<\/strong> Please welcome\u00a0<\/i>Willem Westerhof<\/a> to the\u00a0SolarQuotes\u00ae Blog. Willem is a Hacker, Researcher and IT Specialist who is particularly well known around the world for finding cyber-security holes in popular solar inverters. <\/i><\/p>\n

After getting an increasing number of emails from Australians who were concerned at the thought of having their solar power system exposed to the internet, I invited Willem to write a guide explaining what non-hackers like you and I can do make our inverters more secure. Over to you Willem:<\/em><\/p>\n

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We all know that solar power is great. It helps the environment, it saves you money and is a great investment for most Australian home owners.<\/p>\n

But did you know that the solar inverter on your wall may pose a serious cyber security risk? Not just for your own network and data, but also for the stability of power grids as a whole!<\/p>\n

Following a lot of research, I was so concerned by the lack of cyber security in PV installations that I contacted several government agencies and following a responsible disclosure period, created a website called The Horus Scenario<\/a> that explains how:<\/p>\n