- Indocumented cell radios were found in power investors and battery systems used in the US road infrastructure. UU.
- Concerns include remote manipulation, data theft and sabotage
- Many affected devices were made in China, reviving tensions about cybersecurity and foreign technology, and China denied having acted badly
Certain energy investors and battery management systems (BMS), which are in the road infrastructure equipment placed along the US roads. UU., Continued “undocumented cell radios”.
This is according to a new security notice distributed by the Federal Highway Administration of the United States Department of Transportation last month, PakGazette reported.
At this point, it seems that nobody knows with certainty who placed the radios or what is their purpose, but there are speculations that the hardware could be used to manipulate remotely with the equipment, steal data or sabotage of infrastructure on the road.
Hidden communications in road technology
The hardware contained in these energy and BMS investors includes signs, traffic cameras, weather stations, visitors and warehouse areas with solar energy and electric vehicle loaders.
The Federal Highway Administration advised local authorities to invent all investors installed on US roads and scanned them with spectrum analysis technology to see if they contained unexpected communication. If they find anything, they must disable and eliminate radios, and make sure their networks are correctly segmented.
While the question remains who placed the radios, many of the investors installed were manufactured in China. The Chinese embassy in Washington told PakGazette in a statement that opposed “the distortion and stain of China’s achievements in the field of energy infrastructure.”
This is not the first time that China is in the epicenter of a cybernetic fans, since a story similar to this was published in PakGazette in May. In addition, during Donald Trump’s first term as president of the United States, he prohibited Huawei from building his 5G infrastructure, fearing that the Chinese company could be pressured by his government to install rear doors and allow the Chinese government to listen to the communications of the United States. Other companies, like ZTE, were also on the blacklist at that time.
China always denied all accusations, offering its source code and allowing European supervision during installation.
Through PakGazette
