Friday, 24 March, 2023

Chinese GPS tracker exposes millions of vehicle locations due to security flaws

<p>A million or more automobiles worldwide could have their engines remotely shut off by taking advantage of security flaws in a common GPS vehicle tracker made in China. Electronics manufacturer MiCODUS developed the MV720, a hardwired GPS tracker which contains six flaws in its system. However, the vulnerabilities can be quickly and remotely used to follow any vehicle in real-time, access previous itineraries, and disable the engines of moving cars.</p>