Russian Electric Vehicle Chargers Hacked on M11 Highway as Political Protest
INCIDENT
Russian electric vehicle charging points have been hacked to display messages supporting Ukraine. As a result stations along Russia's M-11 motorway, between Moscow and Saint Petersburg, were deactivated.
According to a Facebook Post by Russian energy company Rosseti, the charging points were hacked by the Ukrainian company that provided some of the parts for them. The company left a backdoor in their systems and used this to set the charging points to display the error messages. It was not reported how many electric vehicle charging points were hacked or deactivated, or for how long they would be unavailable to drivers of EV.
Incident Date
February 28, 2022
Location
Estimated Cost
Highway EV charging stations deactivated - duration unknown
Victims
Type of Malware
No Malware identified
Threat Source
No threat source identified