Tens of millions of cars sold by the Volkswagen concern over the past 20 years, including some modern models, are vulnerable to hijackers, as they can be hacked remotely using cheap technical means, Reuters reports with reference to computer security experts from the University of Birmingham and the German company Kasper and OSWALD. Three years ago, a team of researchers, led by Flavio Garcia, discovered a vulnerability in Volkswagen cars, which allowed to start and drive a car without a key.

The first deputy head of the presidential administration Vyacheslav Volodin from August 12 officially went on vacation to participate in the election campaign in the State Duma. This was announced by a source surrounded by a Kremlin official. According to Kommersant , Anton Weino will replace Volodin during his election leave, appointed on August 12 to the post of head of the Presidential Administration.

“The United Russia proudly states that they, de , supports the majority that cannot be mistaken.“ Two ”on history, gentlemen. The whole development of mankind is a continuous chain of mistakes of the majority and the correctness of the minority,” writes the deputy of the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg in his blog . "It was the minority that began to walk on two legs, while most believed that we should not show off and go to four.

The US police in the United States finds out the origin of the hemp bushes found in a public restroom in the park, writes The Seattle Times . The plastic cabin of the toilet was forced by drug -containing plants. The curious case with the removal of the largest batch of drug occurred at about 9:00 on Wednesday in the city of Rog River.

The Tennessee in the United States continues the trial about the scandalous detention of a young woman in the Air Harbor of the city of Memphis. The law enforcement officers laid the air passenger on the floor, while breaking her head, and chained the "obstructive" girl into handcuffs. As it turned out, the detainee has just undergone a serious surgery related to cancer. This incident occurred on June 30, 2015 at the inspection point at Memphis Airport, writes USA Today .

On the Australian ABC television channel, an episode of documents about the life of the Black AS natives, parody stylized under the American show Pimp My Wheels ("Club for pumping"). Local heroes, a group of indigenous residents from Yatlamar in East Arnem-Lenda, shows a master class on returning to the life of the old broken car Hyundai, who had stood in the forest for several years and, in fact, turned into a pile of garbage.

The Plenum of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Republic of Tatarstan (Duma of the Republic of Tatarstan) made a unanimous decision that Friday sermons will now be pronounced only in the Tatar language. “This issue has already been raised more than ten years ago. We, religious figures, are worried about our people with the World Congress. The problem is that young Tatars do not know their Tatar language.

The North Korean weightlifter Lim John Sim won the gold medal of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in the weight category up to 75 kg and became a two-time Olympic champion. In Rio Lim, in the sum of two exercises, she took a weight of 274 kg (121 jerk plus 153 push). The second was Daria Naumova from Belarus (258, 116+142) - the Spaniard Lydia Valentin Perez (257, 116+141).

The metropolitan police detained the 27-year-old employee of the Sberbank department, located in the Moscow Center, on suspicion of fraud. According to preliminary data, the man volunteered to help the client with utility bills, but in the end he assigned several thousand rubles. Criminal punishment threatens a visiting visit from the Saratov region. “He is fully exposed to the evidence in the deed,” a source in law enforcement agencies said.

The high -ranking officials of the administration of the Novosibirsk region captured the coast of Ob in the area of ​​the cottages of Soviet party workers in Novosibirsk, having deprived the townspeople of the legal opportunity to take place in this place to the river. The situation is added to the scandal of the situation that a significant part of the fence goes directly to the river, the Foundation for the fight against corruption (FBK) reports .

Two men were detained on suspicion of involvement in the organization of explosions in Thailand. They will be questioned. This was announced by the official representative of the National Police Colonel Chrisan Phattharen, reports Reuters. About 14 explosions occurred in different areas. At least four people died, 35 were injured, reports Thai PBS .

Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Alexander Turchinov, proposed his version of events presented by the FSB of Russia as an attempt to attack in Crimea, organized by the Ukrainian military. According to the politician, last weekend the Russian security forces at a state of intoxication staged a shootout, killing and injuring not only each other, but also ordinary Crimeans.

In 2017, Ukrainian filmmakers will again be able to apply for an Oscar in the nomination "Best Foreign Film". This year, representatives of the country were not able to nominate a single picture due to the conflict of two organizations claiming such powers. "The American film academia recognized the powers of the Ukrainian Oscar Committee, from this year we will be able to take part in the struggle for Oscar again," said the chairman of the state of Goskino, Philip Ilyenko, on Facebook .

The light-engine aircraft IL-103 crashed in the Altai Territory. There was one pilot on board, he died, reports TASS. The plane was private. During takeoff, IL-103 crashed. According to preliminary data, the engine refused at an altitude of 20 meters, the plane fell 100 meters from the runway, a source in the regional services of the region told the agency. The disaster will conduct a pre -investigation check.

The most long -lived vertebrates on the planet today is the Greenland polar shark (Somniosus Microcephalus), scientists say. They came to such conclusions, having studied 28 individuals of these representatives of the fauna, BBC reports. To determine the age of the sharks, scientists used the radiocarbon dating method. They conducted a radiocarbon analysis of the kernel of the lens of the eyes of sharks and found that the average expectancy of their life is approximately 272 years.