speckx5d ago

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded in the US

https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/cyberattack-on-vehicle-breathalyzer-company-leaves-drivers-stranded-across-the-us/

Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US | TechCrunch

A cyberattack on a U.S. car breathalyzer company has left drivers across the United States reportedly stranded and unable to start their vehicles.

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Show threadhedora
We need to legally mandate a single physical switch that disables all vehicles radios, and a second that factory resets everything but the odometer and vehicle fault logs / black box.
Mar 23 at 2:27pmWeb
Show threadbilekas5d ago
That's an extremely attractive attack surface. How about we just have keys to turn on the engine?
Show threaduxp1005d ago
Well, in this case because drunks keep murdering people.
Show threadbilekas5d ago
If you're drink driving you are not mature enough to drive and therefore you should lose your license. Simple.
Show threadbri3d5d ago
Irrelevant to this issue - the devices didn’t get bricked over the air, but rather they have a “calibration” time lock which must be reset at a service center and the service centers are ransomwared.