German automaker BMW says it has fixed a security flaw that made 2.2 million of its vehicles vulnerable to break-ins.<\/p>\n
The company says the problem affected BMW, Mini and Rolls Royce models equipped with its ConnectedDrive technology, which allows drivers to access certain car functions with a smartphone.<\/p>\n
German automobile club ADAC, which discovered the flaw last summer, says hackers could have used a fake cellphone base station to intercept network traffic from the car and lower the windows or open the doors. There are no reports such a break-in ever took place.<\/p>\n
BMW spokeswoman Silke Brigl said Friday that hackers wouldn’t have been able to start or stop the engine.<\/p>\n
Brigl said the problem has been fixed with an automatic update and customers don’t need to take any action.<\/p>\n
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