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‘Rogue communications devices’ allegedly found by US in Chinese power inverters

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What happened: On May 15, Reuters reported that undocumented communications devices were found in Chinese solar and battery power inverters imported to the US, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of product tear-downs.

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