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OnStar RemoteLink Flaw: Wi-Fi Attack Exposed at DEF CON 2023

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Remember OwnStar? Earlier this month, security researcher and NSA Playset contributor Samy Kamkar demonstrated a Wi-Fi based attack that allowed his device to intercept OnStar credentials from the RemoteLink mobile application Kamkar discussed the details of the attack last Friday at DEF CON in Las Vegas, noting that the RemoteLink app on iOS devices had failed to properly check the certificate for a secure connection to OnStar's server, or