--- title: Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security... description: Security researchers Persephone Karnstein and Mitchell Marasch conducted a penetration test on Zero Motorcycles, disproving the company's claim that their... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/electric-motorcycles-don-t-have-to-be-security-nightmares-but-this-one-was-avaokz6v5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security Nightmares, But This One Was | daily.dev og:description: Security researchers Persephone Karnstein and Mitchell Marasch conducted a penetration test on Zero Motorcycles, disproving the company's claim that their... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/electric-motorcycles-don-t-have-to-be-security-nightmares-but-this-one-was-avaokz6v5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/avAOKz6V5.png og:image:alt: Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security Nightmares, But This One Was og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Electric Motorcycles Don’t Have To Be Security Nightmares, But This One Was **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Security researchers Persephone Karnstein and Mitchell Marasch conducted a penetration test on Zero Motorcycles, disproving the company's claim that their electric motorcycles cannot be hacked. The research, presented at BSides Seattle 2026, revealed critical vulnerabilities in the bike's OTA update system, including the ability to accept VIN-like codes rather than real VINs, ultimately allowing full firmware takeover. The attack surface extends to the companion app and even the battery management system, enabling potentially dangerous actions like disabling brakes or triggering battery fires remotely. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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