U.K. court blocks hacker from releasing smart car start codes

July 30, 2013
University of Birmingham lecturer planned to release codes at Def Con conference in Las Vegas.

Volkswagen has won a high court ruling blocking a university security lecturer from releasing research revealing the start codes used to start smart cars for numerous big brands including Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini, according to V3.co.uk., a technology news website in London, U.K. Read about the ruling.

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