Researchers discovered critical security flaws in Subaru's internet-connected vehicle services, enabling unauthorized access to functions like unlocking, honking, and starting cars. More alarmingly, they could track extensive location histories, revealing insights into owners' private lives over the past year. This significant breach was made public by security experts Sam Curry and Shubham Shah, highlighting the potential for misuse in various scenarios, including personal privacy violations. The vulnerabilities impact models equipped with Subaru's digital platform, Starlink, across several regions including the US, Canada, and Japan.
You can retrieve at least a year's worth of location history for the car, where it's pinged precisely, sometimes multiple times a day.
They found they could also track the Subaru's location-not merely where it was at the moment but also where it had been for the entire year.
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