Critical vulnerabilities found in EV charger networks

A security researcher from Tsinghua University has exposed critical vulnerabilities in public electric vehicle charging networks. Hetian Shi demonstrated at the Black Hat Asia conference how he could remotely disable a public EV charger in Shanghai by exploiting weak authentication and shared firmware keys. His tool, "IDScope," also identified similar flaws in 11 European bike-sharing providers, highlighting systemic risks in IoT infrastructure. The vulnerabilities could enable attackers to deny service at scale, potentially crippling an entire city's charging network.