Volkswagen Cars Open To Remote Hacking, Researchers Warn

Posted on May 3, 2018

Volkswagen Cars Open To Remote Hacking, Researchers Warn

The vulnerability was discovered inthe Volkswagen Golf GTE and an Audi3 Sportback e-tron, which were both manufactured in 2015. Computest researchers Daan Keuper and Thijs Alkemade, who discovered the flaw, said that under certain conditions the IVI vulnerability could enableattackers to commandeer the on-board microphone to listen in on the conversations of the driver, turn the microphone on and off, and access the system’s complete address book and the conversation history. There is also a possibility of hackers tracking the car through the navigation system at any given time, they said.

Source: threatpost.com