<ul><li>Josep Rodriguez, a researcher at security firm IOActive, has discovered a technique to 'jailbreak' digital license plates.</li><li>By removing a sticker on the back of the plate and attaching a cable to its internal connectors, he can rewrite the firmware of Reviver plates.</li><li>The jailbroken license plate can then be controlled through a smartphone app to display any characters or image.</li><li>The vulnerability exists at the hardware level, making it impossible to fix with a software update and requiring chip replacements.</li></ul>

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