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Hackers Manage To Take Control of Nissan Leaf's Steering Remotely

08 May 2025 | Abstracted from The Drive

Researchers from Budapest-based PCAutomotive traveled to Black Hat Asia 2025 to demonstrate how they managed to hack into a 2020 Nissan Leaf...With some lines of code and used parts sourced from eBay and a junkyard, the hackers could record passenger audio, sound the horn and, yes, yank the wheel...The team identified a list of 10 vulnerabilities that allowed it to access the Leaf's infotainment system and notified Nissan."

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