Israeli companies have developed and are selling advanced cyber tools that can hack into the tech of your car and use it to collect intelligence on you.
Three years ago, Haaretz revealed the existence of the offensive cyber intelligence company Toka, which was co-founded by former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and a former Israel Defense Forces cyber chief, Brig. Gen. (ret.) Yaron Rosen. The firm specialized in hacking into security cameras, but as documents obtained by Haaretz at the time revealed, Toka also had a product called CARINT that fused camera data with data linked to cars.
At the time, the industry was in its infancy. But industry sources say that Toka has since expanded its offering on cars. It has developed and even sold a product capable of hacking into a specific vehicle’s multimedia systems, pinpointing its location and tracking its movements; that is, a specific model by a specific manufacturer. The technology can even remotely access the microphone of the vehicle’s hands-free system, allowing eavesdropping on the driver, and even tap into cameras installed on the dashboard or around the car.
If it’s those pay-per-ride city bikes, then you bet your ass they are tracked.
Of course they are! Do you think that the city or state will just let people take them wherever and expect to get it back? It’s not exactly running on the honor system. I’ve seen loads of people just take them to sell them for parts. All of those chips inside of them. And there are ways to hack them so they aren’t connected to the software they were originally powered to be on. If somebody wants to make money, they’ll go the distance.
If you use one of those regularly just buy an ebike. Doesn’t take that long for the cost of those ultra short term rental apps to exceed buying your own.