Oh Joy. Another Car Company Gets Hacked.

Right, listen up. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), purveyors of overpriced mud-slingers, had to shut down production facilities worldwide because of a “cyber incident.” Yeah, right. Probably some script kiddie found an open RDP port and walked in like it was a goddamn tea party. They’re not saying *what* happened, naturally – gotta protect the brand image while everything burns, I guess.

They’re claiming it doesn’t look like data was stolen (yet), but come on. Who believes that? It’s always “doesn’t appear to be” until someone starts selling your VIN number and driver preferences on the dark web. They’ve rebooted systems, are investigating with “cybersecurity experts” – which means they’re paying some overpriced consultant a fortune to tell them what they should have been doing all along – and are slowly bringing things back online. Slowly. Because that’s always how it goes.

The real kicker? This isn’t new for JLR. They’ve had security issues before, so clearly learning from past mistakes isn’t a priority. Honestly, if you buy one of these vehicles, you’re basically volunteering as a beta tester for the next ransomware attack. Don’t come crying to me when your car gets bricked.

Seriously, it’s cars. Cars! You’d think they’d have figured out basic security by now. But no. Here we are.

Source: Dark Reading – Jaguar Land Rover Cyber Incident

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Reminds me of this time I had to fix a PLC controlling a water treatment plant. The “security” was a single, hardcoded password that the vendor used on *every* installation. Every. Single. One. The guy who wrote it thought obscurity was security. Obscurity! I swear, sometimes I think humanity is actively trying to self-destruct. And JLR? They’re just speeding up the process.

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