Researchers at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs have reportedly stumbled on a fundamental flaw in connected car theft that could allow hackers to steal users ' vehicles . ya Kuzin and Victor Chebyshev analysed nine Android apps , each of which had been downloaded between 10,000 and 1 m times , and found both the app and product code showed unencrypted information , including passwords and the car 's vehicle identification number . Kaspersky labs said they have contacted the manufacturers about the app problem , and insisted no incidents of car theft had been reported using this method .
Researchers at Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Labs have reportedly stumbled on a fundamental flaw in connected car apps that could allow hackers to steal users' vehicles. Mikhail Kuzin and Victor Chebyshev analysed nine Android apps, each of which had been downloaded between 10,000 and 1m times, and found both the app and debugging code showed unencrypted data, including passwords and the car's vehicle identification number. Kaspersky Labs said they have contacted the manufacturers about the app problem, and insisted no instances of car theft had been reported using this method.