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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

Norway discovers that its Chinese electric buses can be remotely disabled

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Norway discovers that its Chinese electric buses can be remotely disabled

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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 9 months ago

Electric buses from the Chinese company Yutong could be remotely disabled via remote control capabilities found in the bus software, diagnostics module, and battery and power control systems.

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It’s no surprise, as kill switches are pretty much ubiquitous.

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Also cars have notoriously bad security. I doubt buses are better.

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