Security News > 2020 > August > Chinese Researchers Show How They Remotely Hacked a Mercedes-Benz
A team of Chinese researchers has described the analysis process that resulted in the discovery of 19 vulnerabilities in a Mercedes-Benz E-Class, including flaws that can be exploited to remotely hack a car.
The researchers conducted their analysis on a real Mercedes-Benz E-Class and demonstrated how a hacker could have remotely unlocked the car's doors and started its engine.
The researchers disassembled the center panel and analyzed the car's head unit, telematics control unit, and the backend.
"The car backend is the core of connected cars," the researchers explained.
"As long as the car backend's services can be accessed externally, it means that the car backend is at risk of being attacked. The vehicles connecting to this car backend are in danger, too."