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Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing firm ousted its chief security officer and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps, which included a $100,000 payment to the attackers. Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, the company said Tuesday. The personal information of about 7 million drivers was accessed as ...
The next-generation Mercedes-Benz G-Class goes primetime at the 2018 Detroit Auto Show. Intel so far points to four inches of additional width and a wider track, some extra length, electromechanical steering, independent front suspension, a new instrument panel and infotainment controls, and nearly a quarter-ton weight loss. As for the exterior packaging, here's your spoiler alert: Don't expect a design revolution, expect a smoother cinder block. While we look forward to Detroit, Mercedes would have us look back through the history of the G-Class. A Mercedes microsite specif...
Several models of the Tesla S cars were hacked by researchers who were able to abruptly stop the car in its tracks, pop open the trunk while the car was being driven, and remotely turn on and off the windshield wipers. Tesla Motors Inc. announced that it released a software update to fix bugs that allowed Chinese "white-hat hackers" to remotely break into the Model S' control system and disrupt actions including turn signals, seat positions, displays and the door lock system. Cyber-security researchers from Keen Security Lab, a unit of China’s Tencent Holdings Lt...
While smart cars are a 21st century thing, the convenience has a darker side. Researchers have shown that it takes a tool as cheap as $40 to bypass the “keyless system” in tens of millions of Volkswagen cars, including Audis and SEATs.Four European researchers say hackers can easily eavesdrop on the signal which is sent every time a driver presses their key fob to lock or unlock a car. All the thieves need is a cheap technical device and to be somewhere within 100 meters of a vehicle. Flavio Garcia and his team at the University of Birmingham reverse-engineered an undisclosed compo...
By asking the electrified car owners why they consider they have made a good choice by buying a green car, you will hear many reasons which will justify it. Most of the owners are pretty convinced their plug-in hybrid have all of the positive attributes they were going for. In 2015 the U.S. Purchased 17.39 million passenger cars and light trucks, 43,143 of them were plug-in hybrids, or 0.25%, and 71,105 were battery electric, which is 0.41%. Plug-in market share in June 2016 wasn't really better than two years ago, but it doesn't change the fact that people never regret buying a hybrid...
