Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity patch in baffling move

Re:Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity ... by ethan_smith on Sunday August 17, 2025 @12:23AM (#44928845)

This isn't about normal wear-and-tear but a fundamental security design flaw that allows thieves to steal these cars with a $25 device exploiting the CAN bus - more akin to GM shipping cars with a master key hidden under the floor mat than a pickable lock.

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Re:Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity ... by userbinator on Sunday August 17, 2025 @04:10AM (#44929840)

The article claims it's a $20k device.

Claiming it is a "security design flaw" is absurd paranoia, the same paranoia that causes manufacturers to destroy the aftermarket and fight right-to-repair in their quest for "security".

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Re:Hyundai wants loniq 5 customers to pay for cybersecurity ... by throwawayoldie on Sunday August 17, 2025 @01:14AM (#44929057)

Except even more egregious, because if your GM car had a master key under the floor mat, you could just remove it yourself and throw it down a handy storm sewer.

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