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Norway: Chinese-made electric buses have major security flaw, can be remotely stopped and disabled by their manufacturer in China, Oslo operator says (www.spacewar.com)
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Norway: Chinese-made electric buses have major security flaw, can be remotely stopped and disabled by their manufacturer in China, Oslo operator says

The public transport operator in Norway's capital said Tuesday that some electric buses from China have a serious flaw -- software that could allow the manufacturer, or nefarious actors, to take control of the vehicle.

Oslo's transport operator Ruter said they had tested two electric buses this summer -- one built by China's Yutong and the other by Dutch firm VDL.

The Chinese model featured a SIM card that allowed the manufacturer to remotely install software updates that made it vulnerable, whereas the Dutch model did not.

"We've found that everything that is connected poses a risk -- and that includes buses," Ruter director Bernt Reitan Jenssen told public broadcaster NRK.

"There is a risk that for example suppliers could take control, but also that other players could break into this value chain and influence the buses."

Ruter said it was now developing a digital firewall to guard against the issue.

According to other reports, the Chinese manufacturer has access to each bus’s software updates, diagnostics, and battery control systems. “In theory, the bus could therefore be stopped or rendered unusable by the manufacturer,” the company said.

Ruter has reported its findings to Norway’s Ministry of Transport and Communications.

Arild Tjomsland, a special advisor at the University of South-Eastern Norway who helped conduct the tests, said: “The Chinese bus can be stopped, turned off, or receive updates that can destroy the technology that the bus needs to operate normally.”

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[–] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You can vote

Yeah, you can vote the colour of the party that will apply austerity policy against the peoples' will. Surely the Chinese being the most satisfied with their government in the world is just because they're all a brainwashed hivemind?

In Europe you can speak up... and be unheard. What is the point of speaking up if nobody listens?

We don't vote for interest rates, as they are set independently by central banks

So democratic. Millions of people in the EU struggling to pay ruddenly higher mortgages because the central bank decided antidemocratically that raising interest rates is good

But yes, I've voted for parties that argued for increased military spending

The weapons you're happily investing in will, browsing history, end up being used for shit like bombing Libya or Yugoslavia, going to war in Iraq, or being given to Israel to commit genocide of Palestinians. Let's spend trillions in weapons while the far right rises to power in all of Europe and during an EU-supported genocide in Palestine, what a wonderful idea!

The point, regardless of my opinion, is it doesn't matter if you voted in favour of military spending. Every country in EU, regardless of party in charge, decided to weaponize. How does that point towards democracy? You may believe that empowering Rheinmetall, a literally Nazi company, is a good political decision, but the point is that this decision was made regardless of your support or anyone's.

As of today, most Taiwanese consider themselves Taiwanese instead of Chinese

Yet the country is still Republic of China and not Taiwan, and declares ownership of mainland China. How democratic of them!

PRC who still harbours its imperialistic plans of conquest - and ramps up their military accordingly

What's the last war in which China has been directly involved? Furthermore, as a European, why do you care more about China's attitude towards Taiwan than about the US directly saying it wants to militarily invade Greenland? Surely China has no right to have concerns about US military bases in Taiwan and US military boats patrolling the strait of Taiwan.

[–] Quittenbrot@feddit.org 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Surely the Chinese being the most satisfied with their government in the world is just because they’re all a brainwashed hivemind?

Let's just say China isn't a country that's necessarily associated with an open political debate. And things will become interesting once they are no longer satisfied with their government. In our countries, you can vote someone else, but what can they do?

So democratic.

Interest rates are never democratic. As is jurisprudence, for example. You want independent people making decisions based on facts, not politics.

The weapons you’re happily investing in will, browsing history, end up being used for shit like bombing Libya or Yugoslavia, going to war in Iraq, or being given to Israel to commit genocide of Palestinians.

Yes, yes.. the evil 'West' - I know that song. But listen: the weapons will defend us from a Russia that just as we speak and for the last 3+ years is waging the biggest war on European soil since WW2 - with China's complicity. Go ahead and close your eyes to that for ideological reasons, but I won't. And it is quite hard to buy your exaggerated clamour about all these misdeeds and NaZi cOmPaNiEs and so on if you can't even objectively address this conflict that's currently threatening Europe the most.

Yet the country is still Republic of China and not Taiwan

Because the PRC threatens war if Taiwan would actually call themselves Taiwan instead of Republic of China.

and declares ownership of mainland China.

As I said: they haven't since the 90s.

What’s the last war in which China has been directly involved?

How's that question related to their imperialistic plans against Taiwan?

Furthermore, as a European, why do you care more about China’s attitude towards Taiwan than about the US directly saying it wants to militarily invade Greenland?

Who says I do? We just happen to talk about China here.

Surely China has no right to have concerns about US military bases in Taiwan and US military boats patrolling the strait of Taiwan.

They can have concerns about these bases if they like. They can also have concerns about military boats in international waters if they like. But they don't have the right to wage a war of aggression against China for imperialistic reasons.