https://www.zdnet.com/article/mercedes-benz-onboard-logic-unit-olu-source-code-leaks-online/
By Catalin Cimpanu ZDNet.com Zero Day May 18, 2020 The source code for "smart car" components installed in Mercedez-Benz vans has been leaked online over the weekend, ZDNet has learned. The leak occurred after Till Kottmann, a Swiss-based software engineer, discovered a Git web portal belonging to Daimler AG, the German automotive company behind the Mercedes-Benz car brand. Kottmann told ZDNet that he was able to register an account on Daimler's code-hosting portal, and then download more than 580 Git repositories containing the source code of onboard logic units (OLUs) installed in Mercedez vans. WHAT'S AN OLU? According to the Daimler website, the OLU is a component that sits between the car's hardware and software, and "connects vehicles to the cloud." [...] -- Subscribe to InfoSec News https://www.infosecnews.org/subscribe-to-infosec-news/ https://twitter.com/infosecnews_
