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.
I wonder if they can hack into millions of cellphones and get them to self detonate using the battery as the explosive material? Is that possible, just wipe out out millions of people just like that? If they could they would.
Likely not. The beeper terrorist attack had a special explosive planted. Phone batteries can overheat but not explode rapidly.
Now as for car batteries I’m not sure. Maybe they can make them explode or catch fire while locking the car doors.
It wasn’t a special explosive. It was a specially modified battery. They made the battery explode. Because it was a battery, it could not be detected
You don’t need to worry about that, lead acid is a really stable and safe battery. If you wanna get a handful of extra years out of your batteries, buy the ones with removable caps and keep the water topped up.
If they weren’t so heavy and energy sparse they’d be great for all kinds of stuff.
Or it can cause the car to get out of control and crash, assassination perfectly looking like an accident.
No, it’s not possible, at most they could cause the battery to overheat and either expand or “explode” just enough so you notice it and take the phone out of your pocket without causing any harm.
As for cars, there’s potentially enough energy in there for a real explosion.
Good thing i have an old car.