Research shows how hackers can target smart meters to destabilize electricity grid

Adapted IEEE RTS-96 bus system and its smart meter components. Credit: IEEE Access (2023). DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3266249

A power transmission grid can be destabilized by hackers who manipulate smart meters to create an oscillation in electricity demand, researchers in the Oregon State University College of Engineering have shown.

Findings were published in IEEE…