Hackers up to 100 meters away could take over Xiaomi M365 scooters to brake or accelerate them. A serious design flaw in a popular electric scooter has allowed researchers to hack into it when they ...

Researchers warned that Xiaomi M365 scooters can be remotely hacked from 100 meters away to slam on the brakes or to accelerate. Beware, Xiaomi M365 scooters riders, as security researchers say the ...

Cutting corners: One problem with so many products now coming with 'smart' capabilities is that they're susceptible to hacking. Joining the expanding list of vulnerable items are electric scooters.

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. The flaw in the Xiaomi M365 electric scooter was discovered by researchers from Zimperium The flaw in the Xiaomi ...

As if there weren't enough safety concerns surrounding electric scooters, here's a new one. Researchers at mobile security firm Zimperium discovered a bug in the Xiaomi M365 scooter that allows a ...

People keep injuring themselves on electric scooters. Some are illegally scooting down sidewalks, others are riding with someone else on the vehicle, breaking traffic laws, using them underage, and ...

Electric scooters have swamped the streets of urban cities worldwide and considered an annoyance for some, may also now be considered a security and safety risk. On Tuesday, researcher Rani Idan from ...

Steven Musil is a senior news editor at CNET News. He's been hooked on tech since learning BASIC in the late '70s. When not cleaning up after his daughter and son, Steven can be found pedaling around ...

If you see people on electric scooters wildly accelerating and braking, it might not only be because of the usual electric scooter nonsense. That’s because a newly-discovered security flaw in a ...

Electric scooter sharing services spread like wildfire in 2018. The zippy two-wheelers have been in the headlines many times over the past several months due to safety issues. Some models were ...

Xiaomi recently discovered a safety issue with the M365 electric scooter where a screw could become loose in the folding apparatus. That would then cause the vertical component of the scooter to break ...

We have a scooter hack that is odd for a couple of reasons. First, the vehicle in question is a Doc Green EWA 6000, a German clone of a Xiaomi M365, so Country stereotypes be darned. Second, it is ...