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James Penney

Why millions of connected vehicles need automated cyber security

An abstract image of digital security.

The spectacular, but ultimately harmless, hacking of the My Volkswagen app by an Indian cyber researcher last year continues to raise serious questions about cyber security for millions of connected vehicles, triggering demands for more rigorous secure-by-design approaches.

Serious flaws in the My Volkswagen app made it all too easy for the researcher, Vishal Bhaskar, to gain access to large amounts of personal and vehicle data.

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