The attacks, which were demonstrated to the media using an Audi TT car sold by Volkswagen.
However the researchers said any car airbag could be similarly hacked.
It works with other cars in the VW group too without any modification.
Anything that can be switched on or off from the diagnostic tool could have been switched on or off.
After switching off the airbag, we can consistently report to the system that it is still switched on.
Buttyan says the flaw has nothing to do with VW itself but is contained in third-party software.
source: www.techworm.net
