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Chinese-made solar panels used on American farms puts US power grid at risk: former NSA official

A former National Security Agency analyst said that rogue communications devices found in Chinese solar power inverters pose a national security risk to the U.S.

AformeranalystwiththeNationalSecurityAgencysaidthatChinaispositioningequipmentin“strategicplaces”thatcouldbeusedtodisruptU.S.commerceafterroguecommunicationdeviceswerefoundinsideChinesesolarpowerinverters. RoguecommunicationdevicesthatwerenotinofficialproductdocumentswerefoundinsideChinesesolarpowerinverterswhentheywereexaminedbyU.S.expertsforpossiblesecurityissues,twosourcestoldReuters. Thetwosourcessaidthattheroguepowerinvertershaveundocumentedcommunicationchannelswhichcouldbeusedtocircumventfirewallsremotely,whichcouldhavemajorconsequences.Thesepowerinvertersconnectthesolarpaneltoelecticgrids. RockyCole,formerintelligenceanalystattheNationalSecurityAgencyandco-founderofiVerify,toldFoxNewsDigitalit’s“veryconceivable”thatChinaisusingtheseroguepowerinverterstogainaccesstoAmericaninfrastructure. CHINA,RUBIOEXCHANGEJ