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Volkswagen ID 3 Electric Car Is Coming, Thanks To Elon Musk

Volkswagen ID 3 electric car is real and it is launching at this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show starting September 12, 2019. The electric car from VW uses the MEB (Modularer E-Antriebs-Baukasten) platform, which reportedly took $10 billion dollars to develop. In May of 2018, VW dedicated $48 billion dollars to managing car battery supplies specifically […]

Nissan Canada cyber attack; millions of customer accounts stolen

The automotive giant Nissan says its operations in Canada has been hit by a cyber attack in which personal data of 1.13 million Nissan Canada Finance and INFINITI Financial Services customers have been compromised. The company discovered “unauthorized persons” breached its servers on December 11th and accessed personal information of its customers who used its services to finance their vehicles. According […]

Remotely hacking a Nissan LEAF via vulnerable APIs

The security expert Troy Hunt discovered that it is possible to remotely control features of a Nissan Leaf via API. The popular security expert Troy Hunt discovered a security vulnerability affecting the API implemented by Nissan to manage the LEAF cars from a mobile device. Other experts have confirmed the existence of the flaw, the vulnerability […]

Anonymous Takes Down Nissan’s Website Against Illegal Whale Hunting In Japan

Short Bytes: With changing times, the international community has banned the whale hunting practice. However, it’s a common knowledge that Japanese people call whale meat their “nostalgia food” as it connects them to their culture and heritage. As a protest against Japan’s stance on whale hunting, Anonymous hacking collective has taken down Nissan’s website to put […]