This is a very scary part of our reality that is becoming increasingly more common. Not so much because of this one story, but because of what it represents. Cars? See the article. Credit/debit cards? Can get cancelled at a moment's notice. Phones and computers? Can be remotely shut down and/or bricked (at least if you don't change default settings).

A lot of the stuff you think you own, you probably don't. And as society as a whole keeps coming down on the side of more convenience, more and more stuff being made will belong not to you but to the companies or governments.