Reply to post: A new cause for concern

Good luck saying 'Sorry I'm late, I had to update my car's firmware'

Chris Hills

A new cause for concern

One thing that worries me, is that when a company is sold, or goes bankrupt and the assets are flogged off, a malicious third party could acquire the private keys and use it to distribute malware. For example, the British company Wileyfox that makes phones has gone into administration. If I were to acquire the company, I could silently push out malware that dialed premium rate phone numbers. With vehicles the potential is far worse. You could send a firmware that causes the vehicles to identify its competitors' management and try to run them over. Yes this is far fetched right now, but I fear less far fetched in the future.

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