Hackers showed me (there's video) how a website vulnerability let them locate, unlock, honk the horn, start ignition of any of millions Kias in seconds, just by reading a car's license plate.
They found similar bugs for a dozen carmakers over the last two years.
https://www.wired.com/story/kia-web-vulnerability-vehicle-hack-track/
Andy Greenberg /
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2024-09-26 12:47:45
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