Worm-able Smart Meters Not so Smart

A push by the government and power companies to roll out 'smart meters' on a short deadline could leave up to 52 million U.S. citizens at risk. As Dan Goodin of The Register reports, the proposed meters are "are riddled with security bugs that could bring down the power grid". The risk is more than hypothetical. Security researchers for IOActive have already discovered vulnerabilities in the devices update feature and plan to demonstrate the wormable risk at next month's Black Hat conference. For details, see: Buggy 'smart meters' open door to power-grid botnet