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The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that on September 15, it conducted a "joint public-private simulation exercise for responding to automotive cybersecurity incidents" at the Hyundai Motor Pangyo AVP headquarters together with the Korea Transportation Safety Authority's Automotive Research Institute (KATRI), the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA), the National Police Agency, and Hyundai Motor. This exercise was held to verify whether response procedures and coordination mechanisms among relevant institutions function smoothly in actual incident situations following the implementation of the Cybersecurity Management System for Vehicles (CSMS).
The simulation exercise proceeded as a tabletop drill where each institution performed reporting, notification, and countermeasures exactly as they would in real life, rather than by actually hacking vehicles or systems. The scenario assumed that a supplier's server was hacked and malicious software hidden in an update was distributed to vehicles via over-the-air (OTA) updates, causing abnormal operations. This reflects the risk that cyberattacks can spread across the entire supply chain, including vehicle manufacturers and parts suppliers, as the industry shifts toward Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).
The simulation exercise was divided into five stages: ① Incident detection, reporting, and containment of spread; ② Cause analysis and coordination among relevant institutions; ③ Short-term measures for vehicle recovery (deployment of improved software); ④ Final measures to resolve vulnerabilities and strengthen supply chain security; and ⑤ Verification of measure appropriateness and incident closure. Starting with Hyundai Motor's detection and reporting of abnormal signals, the exercise checked the coordination mechanism among relevant institutions, including KATRI's technical review, reporting to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, KISA's analysis of intrusion causes, and the National Police Agency's tracking and investigation of hackers.
Park Jun-hyeong, Director of the Mobility Automotive Bureau at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, emphasized that automotive cybersecurity incidents are directly linked to citizens' lives and safety, unlike general security incidents. He further stated that the government would continuously improve coordination mechanisms among relevant institutions to address increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks, such as supply chain infiltration using AI, and build a security environment that prioritizes public safety above all else.
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