A BYD Shark 6 was remotely hacked, exposing vehicle controls, location tracking and cabin audio, raising serious connected-car security concerns. A journalist drove a BYD Shark 6 down a country road outside Canberra while a hacker sitting on the shoulder killed the headlights with a keystroke. That’s not a hypothetical.
A BYD Shark 6 Hack Shows the Risks of Connected Cars
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