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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by novok on Monday October 12, 2020 @03:23PM (#24758371)
Most are. GM OnStar systems & Tesla I know for sure are designed in a way that a malicious hack of HQ computers + research into car firmware could lead to a push that would kill potentially millions of people simultaneously. If I really dived into the others, I wouldn't be surprised if ford, VW, toyota and others had similar system design issues.

We are just lucky we live in a world where even 'hackers' don't go that low. I hope future regulation will mandate remote access airgaps. I don't think it's a big price to pay for non-entertainment / GPS software updates to require a physical connection

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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by tatersolid on Monday October 12, 2020 @10:08PM (#24761578)
> We are just lucky we live in a world where even 'hackers' don't go that low.

Unfortunately they do go that low. There have been multiple murders committed by ransomware gangs attacking European and US hospitals in recent months. Example: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/09/patie...

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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by novok on Tuesday October 13, 2020 @04:26AM (#24763468)
That's more spray and pray damage then a specific hack on hospitals.
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Re:Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile recept... by tatersolid on Wednesday October 14, 2020 @12:13AM (#24773037)
Modern ransomware attacks do recon and exfiltration for weeks or months before pulling the encryption trigger.

The attackers knew it was a hospital network and clearly didn’t care that people would die.

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