How hackers could have remotely controlled millions of cars [Video]

Car owners, are you sitting down? Cybersecurity researchers recently reported a flaw in a website — operated by automaker Kia — that enabled them to remotely control key functions of millions of cars.

The full report, published on the personal blog of Sam Curry — one of the researchers — offers a timeline of how the team discovered the exploit and how they managed to utilize it to break into cars. 

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In June, the researchers found vulnerabilities affecting “Kia vehicles that allowed remote control over key functions using only a license plate.” Their report reveals they were able to remotely track a car’s location, unlock its doors, honk the horn, and start the engine. On certain Kia models, they were even able to activate the camera from a distance. 

The researchers told Wiredthis exploit was accessed through a “flaw in a web portal operated” by …