Hacker Reveals Smart Meters Are Spilling Secrets About the Texas Snowstorm
25th June 2021
Power companies across Texas have refused to disclose which areas of the state were exempt from controlled blackouts after a devastating snowstorm crippled the power grid in February—but one hacker has found that smart meters, the electrical devices on the sides of homes and businesses that monitor energy consumption, are quietly broadcasting data that could be used to determine what infrastructure may have been protected.
My wife and I were without power for almost a week but her parents, just a few miles south in a different city, had no power problems.