Smart electricity meters can be dangerously insecure, warns expert

Hackers can cause fraud, explosions and house fires and utility companies should do more to protect consumers, conference toldSmart electricity meters, of which more than 100m are installed across the world, are frequently “dangerously insecure”, a security expert has warned.The lack of security in the smart utilities raises the prospect of a single line of malicious code cutting power to a home, or even causing a catastrophic overload leading to exploding meters or house fires, warn