A hacker in England hacked the charging stations of electric cars and changed the page that opens when the vehicles are plugged into the charger. This page was playing sexually explicit video instead of giving information about charging.
Today, while our cars have turned into computers connected to the internet, we have started to hear that even cars are hacked from time to time. However, the new hack shared today was not intended to steal user information or cause any harm, like other hacks. This hack had only one goal: Making car owners watch videos with sexual content.
It is unknown why a hacker or hackers with such a goal haunted electric vehicle owners in the UK’s Isle of Wight the other day. Hackers hacked the charging stations of electric vehicles and the page that should normally be opened when the vehicles are charged, with sexually explicit video changed.
No information about the hacker was shared:
After the incident was reported to the authorities, the authorities apologized to all vehicle owners who encountered inappropriate content. Police teams sent to the area because inappropriate content has been removed he was sure. No information was shared about the hackers who caused the incident.
The latest news about the hacking of cars was shared in the past weeks. 19 year old teenagerclaimed that it had succeeded in taking over the system of many Tesla cars around the world. Fortunately, the young man informed Tesla about the vulnerability and did not make the car owners watch sexually explicit videos, like the hackers in this news.
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Source :
https://www.countypress.co.uk/news/20045879.electric-car-owners-shock-pornographic-photos-hacked-website/