How electric vehicle chargers may pose risk of hacking

As the global sales for electric vehicles (EVs) increase by 60% worldwide and one in every seven passenger cars purchased globally is an EV, there has been an increase in the risk of cyber attack, a report has said.

According to a report by cyber security company Check Point Research, increased consumer demand for EVs may mean unprecedented security challenges.

As the industry expands rapidly, “new EV charging stations are popping up in parking lots and on street corners, however, the new installations could prompt cyber attackers to target EV charging networks, the vehicles themselves, and/or the connected power grids,” the report said.