BUSTED: Hidden Communication Devices Found in China-Made Solar Panels

Sabotage hiding in plain sight?

Well, US engineers just made a shocking discovery!

Undocumented communication modules were found in Chinese made solar panels and batteries.

The rogue parts create hidden channels that could bypass firewalls remotely.

Looks like Trojan horses come in all shapes and sizes.

Sources warn of potentially terrible hacking risks.

So are these panels able to be turned off remotely? It would seem, as kill switches have also been found.

Should our enemies be able to have their hand hovering over one of our power sources?

And guess what buildings use these, other than homes?

Government buildings, perhaps?

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Breitbart reports:

U.S. engineers have discovered mysterious, undocumented communication devices lurking in some Chinese-made solar power inverters and batteries Reuters reported.

“The rogue components provide additional, undocumented communication channels that could allow firewalls to be circumvented remotely, with potentially catastrophic consequences,” said Reuters’ sources, who spoke anonymously because they had not been given permission to speak on the record.

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The story illustrates a security issue that has haunted analysts since the dawn of the “Internet of Things,” the sudden craze for adding Internet connectivity to all manner of devices, from household appliances to industrial machinery.

The number of devices broadcasting information online has grown exponentially since the turn of the millennium – and so has the danger that some of those devices could be spying on their users, or opening back doors into secure networks.

In the case of the suspicious Chinese power inverters, the devices were designed to connect solar panel arrays and windmills to power grids. They have Internet capability, so their performance can be monitored and their software can be updated easily.

Knowing this to be standard practice, the information technology teams at solar and wind farms set up firewalls as a precaution to prevent the devices from sending unauthorized signals. They also physically inspect equipment from China to look for bugs, and they find them with shocking regularity.

“The two people declined to name the Chinese manufacturers of the inverters and batteries with extra communication devices, nor say how many they had found in total. The existence of the rogue devices has not previously been reported. The U.S. government has not publicly acknowledged the discoveries,” Reuters reported.

These “rogue communications devices” could do a lot more than just spy on the American power grids that use them. Cybersecurity experts have long warned that hostile powers are very interested in targeting American infrastructure. Hidden Internet connections could allow an attacker to shut down power grids or damage sensitive machinery.

This is not a purely hypothetical threat. On November 15, 2024, users of inverters manufactured by a Chinese company called Deye reported their units suddenly displayed pop-up error messages and became “bricked,” or unusable.

BREAKING:

The U.S. has found Trojan horse communication devices in Chinese-made solar power inverters. They are used to connect solar panels to electricity grids.

The devices could be turned out remotely to destabilize energy grids, potentially leading to massive blackouts like… pic.twitter.com/mShdpVD4oD

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) May 14, 2025

Kill switches:

“Engineers have discovered 'kill switches' embedded within Chinese-manufactured parts in US solar farms, raising fears that Beijing could manipulate power supplies or even 'physically destroy' grids across the US, UK and Europe.”

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— James Melville 🚜 (@JamesMelville) May 16, 2025

Daily Mail adds:

Engineers have discovered ‘kill switches’ embedded in Chinese-manufactured parts on American solar farms, raising fears Beijing could manipulate supplies or ‘physically destroy’ grids across the US, UK and Europe.

Energy officials are assessing the risks posed by small communication devices in power inverters – an integral component of renewable energy systems that connects them to the power grid.

While inverters are built to allow remote access for updates and maintenance, the utility companies using them typically install firewalls to prevent direct communication back to China.

But rogue communication devices not listed in product documents have been found in some solar power inverters by US experts who strip equipment hooked to grids to check for security issues, two sources told Reuters.

Using these devices to skirt firewalls and switch off inverters remotely, or change their settings, could destabilise power grids, damage energy infrastructure and trigger widespread blackouts.

‘That effectively means there is a built-in way to physically destroy the grid,’ one of the sources declared.

The discovery has raised fears Beijing may maintain the capability to wreak havoc on power grids across the Western world such is the reliance of renewable energy systems on Chinese-manufactured parts.

Nearly half of Maine’s massive solar buildout has included Chinese solar panel components, including projects specifically commissioned by @GovJanetMills.

Now Reuters reports that “rogue communication devices” have been found in 🇨🇳 solar inverters. https://t.co/LCu2yTnhyq pic.twitter.com/JhWDIzZkIr

— Steve Robinson (@BigSteve207) May 15, 2025

Not only in solar panels. Biden's thugs let this purposely happen. This is similar to Mark Kelly's wayward Chinese balloons that vacuumed up our critical data; all traitors walking around free. Why?

Older article about foreign electrical infrastructure sabotage in the comments. https://t.co/d6zjL2ITRA pic.twitter.com/DzZ8jUpivk

— Jaime LaMour 🇺🇸 (@lamourjaime1) May 15, 2025

But never fear! President Trump is surely aware of this, and he’s usually 5 steps ahead.

Trump: "We don't want windmills in this country."

"Nobody wants them, and they're the most expensive energy of any kind of energy."

"You know what else people don't like? Those massive solar fields… I mean, they're ridiculous, the whole thing."

"You know where the panels… pic.twitter.com/RCgXxWuOCU

— Wide Awake Media (@wideawake_media) February 8, 2025