I was fairly annoyed when I found out that my 2016 640 GC would no longer be ‘connected’ after AT&T killed their 3G network. I was even more annoyed when BMW told me that there was no upgrade possible - paid or not. But then I took the click-bait and read this article.
I know that out of the hundreds of millions of cars out there, 150 car hacks in a year is insignificant, but what of they (the bad guys) start car hacking in earnest? Say you’ve got a $150k M8 and a hacker ‘carnaps’ it demanding $5k? They could do this hundreds of times a day. And it’s not just that. Apparently they can completely take control of the vehicle.
How tight is the security of a BMW? Is every connected system individually password protected or is there a master password for the entire car? After January, when my 640 is disconnected as it were, I might sleep better.
https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...han-you-think/