Hackers can control Nissan Leaf's heating and access driving history

Weakness in communication between electric car and app provides opportunities for hackers

Hackers can control features in Nissan's Leaf electric cars over the internet, enabling them to remotely enable the air conditioning and heating, or pull information from the car including driving history, replete with GPS co-ordinates.

The car can be hacked by exploiting a weakness in the way it communicates with its companion app, NissanConnect EV. The app itself can be used to control the in-car climate and check driving range, but only for the owner's car.