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Open Smart Grid Protocol Alliance Plan to Fix its Weak Crypto

The Open Smart Grid Protocol Alliance said updates will be rolled out in September to networks and devices that address weak homegrown cryptography pointed out in a research paper. The OSGP Alliance said it will then work with standards bodies such as CENELEC and ETSI in Europe to bring smart grids and devices up to speed. In a paper published April 27, researchers from Germany and Portugal exposed encryption weaknesses in the protocol in a paper entitled Dumb Crypto in Smart Grids: Practical Cryptanalysis . The primary issue is that the authenticated encryption scheme is homegrown.

Source: https://threatpost.com/open-smart-grid-protocol-alliance-plans-to-fix-its-weak-crypto/112794/

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