Experts have been warning about vulnerabilities associated with Internet of Things (IoT) technology for years (see 1, 2, 3, 4). Now experts are warning that IoT technology being used for Electric Vehicle (EV) charging stations also carries significant risks.

From Ars Technica:

How big is the risk that someone will hack an EV charging network?

EV chargers are on the spectrum of the Internet of Things, and that means risk.

Gordon Feller

There are many good reasons why an EV charger should be networked, but it does come with vulnerabilities.

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, as passed by Congress last November, authorizes $7.5 billion to help meet US President Joe Biden's goal of installing 500,000 stations by 2030. Biden aims to have EVs represent half of all new vehicles being sold in the US by 2030. But as the number of stations increases, the number of vulnerabilities does as well.