Chinese-made cars filmed sensitive information during a Norwegian military exercise, including access codes at secure sites and officials’ comings and goings, raising concerns about the risks posed by connected vehicles.
During a security exercise at Oslo airport on September 14 to 18, waiting soldiers tapping on their vehicle’s screen discovered videos recorded by the on-board cameras, the Dagens Naeringsliv newspaper revealed.
The recordings showed who was getting in and out of the cars, the routes taken and even the codes used to open gates or doors to military facilities.
In its report three weeks after the exercise, the newspaper said the recordings came from rental vehicles – at least two of them Deepal brand cars, made by Chinese state-controlled carmaker Changan. They were supplied to the army by Hertz Norge, which is indirectly owned by the Chinese auto group Geely.