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slothrop@lemmy.ca to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish ·
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Norway discovers that its Chinese electric buses can be remotely disabled

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Norway discovers that its Chinese electric buses can be remotely disabled

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different source (Danish)

It’s no surprise, as kill switches are pretty much ubiquitous.

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    Well yeah? I just assume that anything with remote access not directly from my country can be disabled and render useless at anytimes even more when it’s come from a dictatorial empire

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      Why put the caveat that it’s not from your country? If it has remote access, it can be remotely disabled. Maybe it’s from a designed feature, or maybe it gets hacked.

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        People were reporting on cars being remotely accessed and disabled over 10 years ago. If it has any communication with outside systems, it is susceptible to malevolent actors.

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          Also cars have notoriously bad security. I doubt buses are better.

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        Xenophobia.

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        It 100% can even if from my country but if done legally i have at least some kind of recourse

        Nothing i can do if china choose to disable stuff because they don’t like where i live anymore

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          What is the actual likelihood of the following:

          • China remotely disabling it
          • hackers remotely disabling it
          • company grifting you

          IMO, that list goes from least likely to most likely, and this story is likely just FUD to reward some local manufacturer or other interest.

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