BBC reports that with an estimated 30 million UK homes expected to “have digital smart meters monitoring their gas and electricity usage” by 2020, information security and data safety remain a primary concern. “The scheme promises to reduce costs…However, this month the rollout was delayed by the Department of Energy and Climate Change for more than a year as the government admitted more tests were still needed,” the report states, highlighting expert Eireann Leverett’s recommendations that more needs to be done to prevent hacking of the meters. Leverett notes, “It’s a real challenge fitting in the security that people need with keeping the cost down.”
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