Imported vehicles of Volkswagen and Audi are parked at a pre-delivery inspection center in the port city of Pyeongtaek, 70 kms south of Seoul, on August 2, 2016 South Korea on August 2 banned the sale of 80 Volkswagen AG models and handed down a 16 million USD fine in its latest response to the German carmaker's emission-cheating scandal. / AFP PHOTO / YONHAP / YONHAP / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT - NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE
FRANKFURT: German and British researchers have discovered a security flaw in remote locking systems fitted to around 100 million cars worldwide, German media reported.
The bug affects vehicles with a remote lock activated by a key, the Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) daily and public broadcasters NDR and WDR reported.
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