Monday, February 9, 2015

BMW Update Kills Bug In 2.2 Million Cars That Left Doors Wide Open To Hackers

From Forbes:

BMW Update Kills Bug In 2.2 Million Cars That Left Doors Wide Open To Hackers

German car manufacturer BMW has issued a security patch over the air to its vehicles, after the emergence of a vulnerability that would have allowed hackers to open doors using just a mobile. BMW, Rolls-Royce and Mini vehicles were all affected as the problem was resident in the Connected Drive service, which allows drivers to control functions like doors and infotainment from their smartphones, according to German driver association ADAC.

BUY AMERICAN!!! (Unless you race Miata's in which case we'll give you a pass)

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