Apparent hackers behind Kia ransomware attack demand millions in Bitcoin
<i>As we noted previously, it means that many Kia owners may be unable to remotely unlock their vehicles or warm them up during an especially nasty winter storm hitting much of the country this week.</i><p>Cars had remote unlock and start <i>decades</i> ago (if not OEM, then aftermarket systems were and still are widely available), with <i>zero</i> dependence on what appears to be the company's servers. The only advantage I can fathom for being able to unlock and start a car over the Internet instead of only by being within radio range seems more oriented towards attackers and other user-hostile scenarios ("your car has now become a subscription, please pay to unlock it"). Have we gone backwards...?