How a Cybersecurity Expert Easily Hacked a BYD Electric Car

A cybersecurity expert gained unauthorized remote access to a BYD Shark 6 plug-in hybrid ute during a road test outside Canberra, cutting the vehicle’s headlights and controlling interior functions without a password, according to testing featured on the ABC program Four Corners. Dan Hreszczuk, co-founder of Canberra-based Fortify Labs, spent two weeks examining the Chinese-manufactured … Read more