{"id":2063,"date":"2016-02-26T13:22:32","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T05:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/26\/nissanconnect-ev-app-disabled-due-to-security-vulnerabality\/"},"modified":"2016-02-26T13:22:32","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T05:22:32","slug":"nissanconnect-ev-app-disabled-due-to-security-vulnerabality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/02\/26\/nissanconnect-ev-app-disabled-due-to-security-vulnerabality\/","title":{"rendered":"NissanConnect EV app disabled due to security vulnerabality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Nissanconnect-ev-app\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/media\/ZgkyMDE2LzAyLzI2LzUzL05pc3NhbkNvbm5lLmUzOTA4LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTU3NXgzMjMjCmUJanBn\/22a5bdb4\/1c9\/NissanConnect-EV-app.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=NissanConnect+EV+app+disabled+due+to+security+vulnerabality&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F26%2Fnissan-disables-leaf-app%2F\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F02%2F26%2Fnissan-disables-leaf-app%2F&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/rack.1.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Bad news for owners of the Nissan LEAF and eNV200 electric vehicles: the NissanConnect EV app (formerly called CarWings) has been disabled due to security concerns.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/24\/worlds-fastest-electric-car\/\">Sorry, Tesla: The world\u2019s fastest electric car is made in&#8230; Croatia?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nissan deactivated the app on Wednesday night after an internal investigation that, according to the Japanese carmaker, &#8220;found the dedicated server for the app had an issue that could enable the temperature control and other telematics functions to be accessible via a non-secure route.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The internal Nissan investigation was prompted after Australian researcher Troy Hunt <a href=\"http:\/\/www.troyhunt.com\/2016\/02\/controlling-vehicle-features-of-nissan.html\">discovered<\/a> vehicles could be remotely accessed without ownership verification. Rather, app access was unlocked by simply entering the vehicle identification number (VIN). <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/02\/26\/nissan-disables-leaf-app\/\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/cars\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Cars<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/transportation\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Transportation<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/nissan\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Nissan<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/tech\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Tech<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/Eff6l995ALk\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bad news for owners of the Nissan LEAF and eNV200 electric vehicles: the NissanConnect EV app (formerly called CarWings) has been disabled due to security concerns. See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world\u2019s fastest electric car is made in&#8230; Croatia? 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