"The car industry is racing to replace Chinese code" - article

[SoccerMan94043]

Not sure what this could possibly have anything to do with China knowing what radio stations you listen to in your car.

It's more about not caring who has your data or not (if China has your radio information, who's to say those same chips aren't also passing your location data?). I was pretty cavalier before but much less so now that I'm seeing first hand how it can be abused.

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[Gino]

This is a very serious topic, but it probably better belongs in forums devoted to such issues. Your physical movement, where you go and with whom you associate physically, without the need of text messages, are obviously very valuable pieces of information to those of nefarious intent, not that there could be any such persons. Let’s see . . . You’re a scientist at a government lab and regularly take off on vacations to warmer climates, maybe even the same one each year. That information provides an opportunity to establish contact with the traveler “off the reservation“ so to speak, without any colleagues knowing. We could go on, with better examples. Perhaps these speculations are better handled by M. John LeCarre than me.

Yes, the Chinese collect huge amounts of information to get to strategically important individuals to steal information. It starts very innocently with game apps on your phone targeting your children to get their email contact list which will always include their parents, family members & friends. They hit the jackpot when they have access to every single individual in the US through children who are completely unaware they downloaded a game which has spyware built in as it’s primary purpose like a Trojan horse gift.
Once here it is just a matter of sifting through all the data, all the contacts to find where they work, what they work on, who they work with and put together lists of individuals to target.
They first go after individuals who are unknowingly compromising the data from their employers but in some cases they will create embarrassing incentives for these individuals to cooperate (break the law) or in some cases find embarrassing or illegal behavior which they threaten to expose if they don’t cooperate.
This is why it’s so important to be careful with who you connect with online, what you download and what gifts you accept. A typical method the Chinese use at technology conferences is to embed malicious code in giveaways such as those USB chargers or USB memory sticks with company logos printed on them. These companies have no idea they have purchased their trade show giveaways with malware on them designed to steal information but many attendees at these conferences can’t pass up a free USB thumb drive or a compact charger. This is one reason that most if not all defense contractors in the US do not allow USB drives in their facilities from the outside. Only drives known to be certified clean can be used in their computer networks. Most commercial companies have no such requirements or prohibitions which leave them open to attack. Sooner or later they will get compromised. It doesn’t mean they will get shut down if the purpose of the attack is to gather information over time without being detected. This is very common in commercial companies the Chinese government has interest in.

 

[Gkwan]

It's a theory. Let's see actual customer experience with BYD, Xiaomi et al. Would be the first bug-free software.

well, I drove my Xpeng G9 Performance during almost a year, never had any bug.
It's vastly superior to my T Turbo obviously, but even slightly better in my opinion than Tesla's (my GF had 2 in 3 years)

 

[Victorien]

Yes, the Chinese collect huge amounts of information to get to strategically important individuals to steal information. It starts very innocently with game apps on your phone targeting your children to get their email contact list which will always include their parents, family members & friends. They hit the jackpot when they have access to every single individual in the US through children who are completely unaware they downloaded a game which has spyware built in as it’s primary purpose like a Trojan horse gift.
Once here it is just a matter of sifting through all the data, all the contacts to find where they work, what they work on, who they work with and put together lists of individuals to target.
They first go after individuals who are unknowingly compromising the data from their employers but in some cases they will create embarrassing incentives for these individuals to cooperate (break the law) or in some cases find embarrassing or illegal behavior which they threaten to expose if they don’t cooperate.
This is why it’s so important to be careful with who you connect with online, what you download and what gifts you accept. A typical method the Chinese use at technology conferences is to embed malicious code in giveaways such as those USB chargers or USB memory sticks with company logos printed on them. These companies have no idea they have purchased their trade show giveaways with malware on them designed to steal information but many attendees at these conferences can’t pass up a free USB thumb drive or a compact charger. This is one reason that most if not all defense contractors in the US do not allow USB drives in their facilities from the outside. Only drives known to be certified clean can be used in their computer networks. Most commercial companies have no such requirements or prohibitions which leave them open to attack. Sooner or later they will get compromised. It doesn’t mean they will get shut down if the purpose of the attack is to gather information over time without being detected. This is very common in commercial companies the Chinese government has interest in.
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Small oversights can lead to big vulnerabilities, especially with targeted tactics like these.

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