Electric car chargers 'hackable', warns Kaspersky

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Remote-access features of electric car chargers can be exploited by attackers to damage the vehicles, claims Kaspersky

Electric vehicle chargers with remote-access features could become the target of hackers, security specialists at Kaspersky have warned following an analysis of a number of charging infrastructure ...

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