Securing Connected Vehicles: Blocking High-Risk Foreign Technology in Cars.
This law establishes a new office to review and potentially prohibit technology and software used in modern connected vehicles (smart cars) if they originate from countries posing a national security risk, such as China or Russia. The goal is to protect critical US infrastructure and citizens from potential sabotage or espionage carried out through vehicle systems. Companies violating these rules face severe civil and criminal penalties.
Key points
New government oversight of digital components (software and hardware) in wirelessly connected motor vehicles to protect against foreign threats.
The Secretary of Commerce can ban or require mitigation measures for vehicle technology sourced from adversarial nations to prevent sabotage risks to critical infrastructure.
Severe civil (up to $300,000 or twice the transaction value) and criminal penalties (up to $1,000,000 fine and 20 years imprisonment) are established for violating the new security rules.
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