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Cyber Attacks Hackers Automotive Industry

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Ethical Hacker Uncovers Vulnerability in Subaru Starlink Service

Ethical hackers identified an arbitrary account takeover flaw in the administrator portal for Subaru’s Starlink service, which could allow a threat actor to hijack a vehicle through a Subaru employee account. This...more

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Mercedes-Benz Source Code Potentially Compromised in GitHub Token Exposure

Mercedes-Benz reportedly suffered a security incident that exposed confidential source code on an Enterprise Git server. The incident occurred due to a compromised GitHub exposed by an employee. Although the incident occurred...more

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Decoded: Technology Law Insights - V 4, Issue 9, September 2023

Are Automakers Making Sufficient Efforts to Protect Customer Data? With the ever-expanding Internet of Things, data privacy is a growing concern in today’s digital age. The automotive industry is no exception. The National...more

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Jeep Drivers’ Claims Come to a Screeching Halt: Hypothetical Hacking Threat Does Not Confer Article III Standing

On March 27, 2020, a five-year legal battle between three certified classes of Jeep Cherokee drivers and Fiat Chrysler came to a sudden end, when a federal judge in the Southern District of Illinois held that allegations that...more

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A New Year’s Resolution: Wrap Your Car Fob in Foil!

Happy New Year!  While you are making (and soon breaking) your resolutions, here’s another lifestyle change to consider for 2019:  putting your car fob in foil at night before you go to sleep.  Why?  Because the fob’s signal...more

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Though he was apparently ready to go with his “verbal agreement with the Saudis” defense, Elon Musk capitulated to pressure “from his lawyers and investors of Tesla” and agreed to resolve all SEC allegations of wrongdoing,...more

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Cybersecurity Concerns Surround the Promise of Driverless Cars

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Driverless cars and driver-assist systems are poised to change transportation as profoundly and as quickly as the internet has changed shopping and communications. Examples of the first wave of this technology that is on the...more

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Equifax’s ex-CEO Richard Smith will be on the Hill today to address the a subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Smith is expected to report that a “widespread breakdown in security safeguards” at his former...more

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Tesla’s rise to the top of the US car heap in terms of market value raised a lot of eyebrows a few months ago. GM bumped it back down yesterday, but its three months as #1 marked what felt like a serious shift in the auto...more

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How Autonomous Vehicles Will Change and Shape the Product Liability Market

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In this hoganlovells.com interview, Dr. Sebastian Lach discusses the massive liability shift that will occur as autonomous vehicles (AV) hit the roadways and the factors that will influence how insurers calculate risk....more

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Looking Ahead: Where Automotive Innovation Meets Cybersecurity in 2017

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The automotive industry has long been exempt from the cyber attacks that have affected so many companies operating in the financial services, healthcare and retail spaces. However, that is changing quickly due to the copious...more

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Privacy Tip #45 – Evaluate the data security of your dream car before you buy it: Tesla is on top for data security right now

We have previously reported on hackings of automobiles. Not only can hackings obtain information about your driving habits, your GPS usage and location, the use of your cell phone, access to your contacts, and other...more

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Auto-ISAC announces automotive cybersecurity best practices

Members of the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) recently released an overview of comprehensive Automotive Cybersecurity Best Practices developed as a proactive measure to further enhance vehicle...more

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Another popular car broken into by security researchers

We have kept abreast of the security vulnerabilities of cars that have been exposed by security researchers. This time, researchers are asking Mitsubishi to recall approximately 100,000 Outlander hybrid vehicles as they were...more

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Most Frequently Hacked Industries Now Includes Manufacturing

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Second only to health care, the manufacturing industry is now one of the most frequently hacked industries (according to IBM’s 2016 Cyber Security Intelligence Index). And more importantly, automotive manufacturing was the...more

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Car hackings and vulnerabilities update (Jeep/Fiat + GM)

Jeep/Fiat has been sued by a putative class alleging that they were harmed as a result of researchers’ ability to hack into a Jeep and take control of it. Jeep/Fiat filed a motion to dismiss, stating that the owners suffered...more

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Fiat moves to dismiss proposed class action suit

Late last week, Fiat filed a Motion to Dismiss the proposed class action against it following reports of hacking into vehicle information systems and its announcement that it was recalling 1.4 million Dodge, Ram and Jeep...more

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Your Data Breach Collided With My Personal Injury Coverage

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Editors at Wired magazine recently engaged in a year-long project to develop a means to hack the onboard computer of a Jeep, and override the driver’s control of several critical vehicle functions. According to a disturbing...more

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NIST Guide Highlights Cybersecurity Considerations for Utilities and Manufacturing Companies

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In 2013 alone, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) responded to more than 256 cyber-incident reports—more than half of them in the energy...more

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Dodge, Ram, and Jeep vehicles recalled due to hacking vulnerabilities

As technology moves forward, more and more of our everyday gadgets will be connected to the Internet. With that convenience may come some vulnerabilities. On July 24, 2015, Chrysler and its parent company FCA US LLC (FCA US)...more

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The Connected Car and Keeping YOU in the Driver’s Seat

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Remember KITT? KITT (the Knight Industries Two Thousand) was the self-directed, self-driving, supercomputer hero of the popular 1980s television show Knight Rider. Knight Rider was a science fiction fantasy profiling the “car...more

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This Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile: Car Hacking and the SPY Car Act

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Not coincidentally, on July 21, 2015, Wired Magazine published an article with groundbreaking evidence of hacking a car wirelessly, and Senators Edward Markey (D-Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced legislation...more

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Auto manufacturers’ alliance create information sharing and analysis center for cyber-threats

Twelve automakers that make up the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) have agreed to form an information sharing and analysis center (Auto ISAC) that will facilitate the sharing of cyber security data to stay abreast...more

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From Carjacking to Carhacking – Lessons for the Internet of Things

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is coming and perhaps the first place we will see the proverbial rubber hit the road is with something near and dear to Americans – our cars. The ever increasing connectivity of cars is creating a...more

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