“Kia Boys will be Flipper Boys by 2026,” one person in the reverse engineering community said.

The tech used here is the popular Flipper Zero, an ethical hacker’s swiss army knife, capable of all sorts of things such as WiFi attacks or emulating NFC tags. Now, 404 Media has found an underground trade where much shadier hackers sell extra software and patches for the Flipper Zero to unlock all manner of cars, including models popular in the U.S. The hackers say the tool can be used against Ford, Audi, Volkswagen, Subaru, Hyundai, Kia, and several other brands, including sometimes dozens of specific vehicle models, with no easy fix from car manufacturers.

  • pepperprepper@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Thought cars were bad, not sure many people have an understanding of how our emergency broadcasts and alerts work. US needs some huge infrastructure updates.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Can you be more specific? It’s not like you’re the first person to think about the nefarious uses of emergency alerts.