Avast Blog – 4.30.19 (4.27.19)
A hacker with the username “L&M” has infiltrated two GPS vehicle-tracking services, ProTrack and iTrack, gaining access to more than 27,000 accounts in South Africa, Morocco, India, the Philippines, and other countries. L&M could see customer details such as names, home addresses, phone numbers, usernames, and email addresses. He was able to monitor the locations and movements of vehicles. The most serious discovery was that with certain vehicles the hacker had the power to kill the engine remotely.
Read more: Hacker Can Kill Car Engines Around the World