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Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 4 days 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 · 4 days 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.

different source (Danish)

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

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And worse, they can be set to explode if their speed is under 50mph
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  Fortunately they use kph. Dodged a bullet there…
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    Damn you, metric system!!

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