Power line based theft protection of electronic devices

One or more non-transitory, machine-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a security server, causes the security server to:

• receive, from a computing device, device data associated with an electronic device over a first communication network;
• determine an associated device encryption key of the electronic device as a function of the device data;
• determine an asymmetric cryptographic key pair that includes a public key and a private key;
• associate the electronic device with a new device encryption key;
• encrypt the new device encryption key with the associated device encryption key;
• transmit a change device encryption key command to the electronic device over a power line communication network different from the first communication network and established between the security server and the electric device over a power line, wherein the change device encryption key command includes the encrypted new device encryption key and the public key;
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• transmit a subsequent change device encryption key command to the electronic device over the power line communication network, wherein the subsequent change device encryption key command is encrypted with the private key and includes a second new device encryption key encrypted with the new device encryption key.

A method for power line based theft protection, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a security server and from a computing device, device data associated with an electronic device over a first communication network;
• determining, by the security server, an associated device encryption key of the electronic device as a function of the device data;
• determining, by the security server, an asymmetric cryptographic key pair that includes a public key and a private key;
• associating, by the security server, the electronic device with a new device encryption key;
• encrypting, by the security server, the new device encryption key with the associated device encryption key;
• transmitting, by the security server, a change device encryption key command to the electronic device over a power line communication network different from the first communication network and established between the security server and the electric device over a power line, wherein the change device encryption key command includes the encrypted new device encryption key and the public key;
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• transmitting, by the security server, a subsequent change device encryption key command to the electronic device over the power line communication network, wherein the subsequent change device encryption key command is encrypted with the private key and includes a second new device encryption key encrypted with the new device encryption key.