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Car rental giant Sixt was hit by a weekend cyberattack causing business disruptions at customer care centers and select branches. Sixt is a German-based vehicle rental, car sharing, and ride-hailing service provider operating about two thousand locations in over 105 countries.
Chances are we'll continue to hear reports of software breakdowns in vehicle systems, and as vehicles increasingly rely on code, risks of vulnerabilities affecting security and safety grow exponentially. Preventing this type of issue in the development stage requires software engineers to follow secure coding standards that define how to write code in order to avoid security vulnerabilities in device software.
Researchers have disclosed a 'replay attack' vulnerability affecting select Honda and Acura car models, that allows a nearby hacker to unlock your car and even start its engine from a short distance. Honda owners may be able to take some action to protect themselves against this attack.
Electric car chargers will have to include secure boot and automatic network disconnection if unsigned software runs on the smart devices - but only from 2023, the British government has said. New security requirements for smart chargers won't be enforced until the last day of this year, according to government papers reviewed by The Register.
Owners of Honda cars of a certain age - apparently somewhere between 10 and 16 years old - have spent the first few days of the New Year reporting a weird "Millennium bug style" problem. Apparently, for many cars that are a decade or so old, New Year's Day 2022 was ushered in with their in-car clocks.
Honda and Acura cars have been hit with a Year 2022 bug, aka Y2K22, that resets the navigation system's clock to January 1st, 2002, with no way to change it. Starting on January 1st, the date on Acura and Honda navigation system would automatically change to January 1st, 2002, with the time resetting to 12:00, 2:00, 4:00, or other times based on the model or possibly the region the car is located.
Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled tracking. Unlike similar tracking products from competitors such as Tile, Apple added features to prevent abuse, including notifications like the one Ms. Estrada received and automatic beeping.
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"Investigations so far confirm that a limited amount of the company's R&D property has been stolen during the intrusion. Volvo Cars has earlier today concluded, based on information available, that there may be an impact on the company's operation.". Volvo said it notified relevant authorities after discovering the incident and is now investigating the data theft together with third-party experts.
Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them. Brand name "Air tags" are placed in out-of-sight areas of the target vehicles when they are parked in public places like malls or parking lots.