Editorial
Russian charging stations have reportedly been ‘hacked by a Ukrainian company’ to send out a message for President Vladimir Putin.
According to numerous social media users, chargers along the M11 motorway – between Moscow and St Petersburg – have been disabled and now display various messages, including ‘Putin is a d***head’.
Another of the messages apparently reads: “Glory to Ukraine / Glory to the heroes / Death to the enemy.”
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Before these messages supposedly flash on the screen, they are believed to say: “CALL SERVICE NO PLUGS AVAILABLE.”
Motherboard claims that the slogan about the President has been popular ever since the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Rosseti, a Russian energy company, states that the electric vehicle chargers were outsourced from a Ukrainian company named AutoEnterprise, which is believed to be based in Kharkiv.
On Facebook, the brand explained: “Charging stations installed on the M11 route were purchased in 2020 according to the results of an open purchase procedure. The provider was given by the LLC ‘Gzhelprom’ (Russia).
“It was later discovered that the main components (incl. A. the controller) are actually produced by the company Autoenterprise (Ukraine), and the Russian supplier produced an open assembly.”
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Rosseti continued: “The manufacturer left a ‘marketing’ in the controller, which gave him the opportunity to have hidden internet access. According to our information, data controllers are widely used on power charging stations exported by Ukraine to Europe.”
So far, it’s not clear how many charging points have been ‘hacked,’ or how long they will remain unavailable for EV drivers in Russia to access.
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