The United States has launched an investigation into Chinese cars imported into the country due to possible threats to the country’s national security. President Joe Biden initiated the investigation. In this respect reports TASS, citing the White House press service.
“Today, I directed the Secretary of Commerce to investigate connected vehicles using technology in troubled countries like China and take action to address the risks,” the president said in a statement.
According to him, Chinese machines can collect information about US infrastructure as well as citizens and transmit it to Chinese officials.
It happened before that knownChinese cars have low resistance to electronic hacking, so they easily become prey for car thieves.
Thus, the standard immobilizer of a Chinese car can be “deactivated” by connecting it to the diagnostic connector, which will allow you to register additional keys or tags without much difficulty. Electronic codes and key configurations for Chinese cars are also sold for free on the Internet. To select it, the attacker only needs to know the VIN code of the car of interest.
In addition, the doors of Chinese cars are not sufficiently protected from opening with the master key; the horn can be easily turned off, since it is located in an accessible place.
Previously in Moscow showed Chinese BYD SUV that can go sideways.