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VW Leak Exposed Location Data for 800,000 EVs

The Verge The location information of around 800,000 Volkswagen (VW) electric vehicles (EVs) was reportedly available online for months due to a data leak. A whistleblower first notified German publication Der Spiegel and the European hacking association Chaos Computer Club of the vulnerability, which also affects EVs from VW-owned car brands like Audi, Seat, and […]

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FCC Passes Auto Safety Spectrum Rules

The Verge The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has finalized new spectrum rules to push cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications technology forward. C-V2X will use existing cellular networks to send messages from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, vehicle to cyclists, and vehicle to pedestrians to warn of each other’s presence for safety purposes. FCC Chair […]
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These Are the Passwords Not to Use

The Verge Password manager NordPass revealed “123456” as the most popular password for the second straight year. Its annual list of the world’s most common passwords is based on a 2.5TB database of publicly available sources, some from the dark web and many able to be cracked within milliseconds. Rounding out the top 10 were […]

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