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Subaru’s poor security left troves of vehicle data easily accessible
Security researchers hacked into an admin portal that also let them remotely control cars. They say Subaru is only one of many automakers tracking vehicles with lax security.
They could also query and retrieve personal information for any customer, including their emergency contacts, authorized users, home address, the last four digits of their credit card and vehicle PIN. Wired notes that Curry and Shah’s previous work exposed similar flaws affecting vehicles from Acura, Genesis, Honda, Hyundai, Infiniti, Kia, Toyota and others. “The auto industry is unique in that an 18-year-old employee from Texas can query the billing information of a vehicle in California, and it won’t really set off any alarm bells,” Curry wrote.
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