Researchers in cybersecurity have found a number of now-patched vulnerabilities in Kia cars that, if taken advantage of, could have given remote control over important features with just a license plate.
It took roughly 30 seconds to carry out these attacks remotely on any hardware-equipped car, regardless of whether the owner had an active Kia Connect membership, according to security researchers Neiko Rivera, Sam Curry, Justin Rhinehart, and Ian Carroll.
Nearly all cars manufactured after 2013 are affected by the problems, which can allow hackers to stealthily obtain private data such as the victim’s name, contact information (phone and email addresses), and physical address.
In essence, the opponent might then take advantage of this to join themselves to the car as a “invisible” second user without the owner’s awareness read more about Hackers Could Have Remotely Controlled Kia Cars Using Only License Plates.
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