Experts have uncovered secret communication devices hidden in Chinese-made solar power inverters, raising serious alarms about potential sabotage of U. infrastructure in the event of a conflict. A Reuters investigation, citing two individuals familiar with the matter, revealed. For months, experts examining renewable energy equipment imported from China have been quietly finding rogue components in solar inverters and large batteries, two people familiar with the investigations told Reuters. This has prompted US energy officials to re-assess the risks of emerging technologies produced in China.
Are Chinese solar inverters hiding cellular communication components?
A growing wave of concern has emerged in the United States after American cybersecurity experts discovered hidden cellular communication components embedded in Chinese-made solar inverters installed across solar farms in the country.
Are 'rogue' communication devices hidden inside solar power inverters?
In a discovery that has sent shockwaves through the cybersecurity community, U.S. energy officials have found undocumented "rogue" communication devices hidden inside solar power inverters imported from China.
But the implications were massive. This was just one of several similar discoveries over the past year. According to reports from sources close to ongoing investigations, experts examining imported solar inverters and battery systems from Chinese manufacturers have quietly found more of these hidden Chinese devices embedded inside.
In May of 2025, U.S. experts found undocumented communication modules and secret radios embedded in some Chinese-manufactured solar inverters and battery systems. Not listed in product documentation, these shadow components create hidden backdoors that can circumvent utility firewalls and allow remote access to the devices.