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Danish authorities in rush to close security loophole in Chinese electric buses (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 1 day ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/europe@feddit.org
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Authorities in Denmark are urgently studying how to close an apparent security loophole in hundreds of Chinese-made electric buses that enables them to be remotely deactivated.

The investigation comes after transport authorities in Norway, where the Yutong buses are also in service, found that the Chinese supplier had remote access for software updates and diagnostics to the vehicles’ control systems – which could be exploited to affect buses while in transit

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[–] HowRu68@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So, the requirements probably didn't account for this remote controlled thing.

Probably, something like this. But if there was a procurement interview with a Q&A it should've been discussed, imo. I wonder if the tech people got a say.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Oh they were warned from the defence department a few years ago. It's been an ongoing process since 2019. Other politicians also made an inquiry about how much it would cost to choose European suppliers in July this year, which showed that equivalent busses from Europe would cost up to 36 million dkk more and that European companies couldn't actually deliver. At least we know what the savings were, so the question is just what the fix will cost..

I wouldn't be surprised if the current news is more about the upcoming election than anything. The city busses aren't that critical in Copenhagen. They have have trains, trams and metros too and everything is in bicycle distance, so shutting down the busses would be a minor inconvenience to most people. It's not really a serious threat. Also, there really isn't a threat. It's only a potential in worst case scenario fan fiction.