The US government wants to ban the sale of cars in the USA with a certain IT technology from China and Russia As the US Department of Commerce in Washington announced on Monday, this ban is to for reasons of national security be issued.
In a statement from the Department of Industry and Security, it was said that “malicious access to these systems” could allow adversaries to to intercept the most sensitive dataThis could make it possible “Remotely manipulating cars on American roads”.
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The Commerce Department did not initially specify which manufacturers or models would be affected by the ban. In light of reports about the planned ban, China had warned the US government against “discriminatory measures” against his companies. (AFP)
