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Originally Posted by kypez
Just look at the Cyber attacks on the USA gas infrastructure. Crazy how vulnerable these systems are.
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It was originally designed for remote control within an internal network on industrial electrical infrastructure on site, then at some point they allowed only monitoring over the internet, then again at some point they slapped control over the internet and thats when all the dramas begun.
There's limited security on SCADA, it was never designed with the internet in mind, and this is the control system that controls all your critical infrastructure from power stations to water supply/sewage, gas infrastructure, you name it.
China turning off your cheap EV, so you can't go and buy your cheap Chinese goods at Harvey Norman is the least of your worries
If you can inject a start signal through the headlight circuit of Toyota/Lexus vehicles, whats stopping you from turning it off remotely through it being connected to your phone, through the stereo? Its not just your cheap Chinese EV that isn't going to start.
Even the OBD port how people are stealing all these VF Commodores in 5 minutes, there's no security mechanism on you interfacing with the vehicles electrical network, thats how you can rock up to a workshop and they can plug in with any third party diagnostic device and read/reset things, program keys et al.
If you have a phone connected to the car, now the car is exposed to the internet.
I think we've seen Ford Australia transition into its new phase, its a light commercial vehicle specialist, it makes the most profit in this segment, they're somewhat protected from things like NVES at least initially, and they have other engines in their range they can use for their platforms to get around threats to their business model.