ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,184, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for performing threat analysis and risk assessment for vehicle cybersecurity" was invented by Kwon Hyeong Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for performing threat analysis and risk assessment (TARA) includes an input device configured to receive an input of a user. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to generate a threat scenario based on information about a specific damage scenario, when a specific damage scenario requiring threat analysis is s...