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Researcher prints ‘PWNED!’ on hundreds of GPS watches’ maps due to unfixed API

Posted on April 2, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Catalin Cimpanu reports:

A German security researcher has printed the word “PWNED!” on the tracking maps of hundreds of GPS watches after the watch vendor ignored vulnerability reports for more than a year, leaving thousands of GPS-tracking watches –some of which are used by children and the elderly– open to attackers.

Speaking at the Troopers 2019 security conference that was held in Heidelberg, Germany, at the end of March, security researcher Christopher Bleckmann-Dreher presented a series of vulnerabilities impacting over 20 models of GPS watches manufactured by Austrian company Vidimensio.

Read more on ZDNet.

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