Inventive students detach IoT car-immobilizers, use their SIMs to power free wifi hotspots

[CarlMud]

One user reported that they were able to use this SIM to get unlimited wireless broadband for several months before the Barnacle company terminated its service.

I’ll say it again:

"China flight systems jammed by pig farm’s African swine fever defences"

I was going to say “accidental cyberpunk,” but also it feels like a subplot from one of Cory’s novels.