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since you put it like that
Much worse than that is coming, with increasing numbers of dashcams, like Megtech's new K2S, communicating with the car's engine control unit via the ODB port, the hackers will be able to take control of your car and take you on a terrifying joy ride ending with you crashing over a 1000 foot high cliff and into the sea, or maybe using your car with you in the driving seat for terrorist purposes where you drive at high speed through a crowded shopping street with the hackers in control!
Much worse than that is coming, with increasing numbers of dashcams, like Megtech's new K2S, communicating with the car's engine control unit via the ODB port, the hackers will be able to take control of your car and take you on a terrifying joy ride ending with you crashing over a 1000 foot high cliff and into the sea, or maybe using your car with you in the driving seat for terrorist purposes where you drive at high speed through a crowded shopping street with the hackers in control!
They might release a firmware update for that [emoji14]
Seriously though there has been some cases of connected cars being compromised and while currently what they are able to do has its limits it is something that could have wider implications if it were something like a Tesla that has some sort of self driving capabilities, perhaps an even bigger risk if (or when) autonomous vehicles become a reality
Don't recall that, scary stuff though
Yes but if the camera are easy to get into, couldn't a black hat guy leave something nasty there, that get onto your other network when you connect to the camera.
The NEST cctv cameras seem to be just bleeding more or less personal footage to outsiders.
Hacker spoke to baby, hurled obscenities at couple using Nest camera, dad says
Hacker accessed Illinois family's Nest security cameras, father sayswww.cbsnews.com
There are still hundreds of thousands of devices misconfigured on the internet that are easily accessible (if not millions).
Credentials are getting harvested constantly and reused elsewhere - for example look how many stolen Spotify and Tidal accounts are on offer on eBay these days.
a guy being naughty in a garage
So next time you are chopping up children with your Viking axe in your garage, it is probably a good idea to leave your car with it's wifi dashcam outside and shut the garage doorFunny you should write that...
So next time you are chopping up children with your Viking axe in your garage, it is probably a good idea to leave your car with it's wifi dashcam outside and shut the garage door
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