08-12-2025 05:36 via tech.slashdot.org

All of Russia's Porsches Were Bricked By a Mysterious Satellite Outage

An anonymous reader shared this report from Autoblog:
Imagine walking out to your car, pressing the start button, and getting absolutely nothing. No crank, no lights on the dash, nothing. That's exactly what happened to hundreds of Porsche owners in Russia last week. The issue is with the Vehicle Tracking System, a satellite-based security system that's supposed to protect against theft. Instead, it turned these Porsches into driveway ornaments.The issue was first reported at the end of November
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