Gizmodo reports:
An ongoing investigation into the security of Chrysler vehicles bears some pretty startling conclusions. In a couple of weeks, security researchers will reveal the details of a zero-day exploit that affects some 471,000 cars. Put bluntly: Hackers can take complete control of the cars from thousands of miles away.
Longtime car hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek recently demonstrated the dangerous possibilities of the Chrysler exploit to Wired’s Andy Greenberg. The journalist actually took a Jeep Cherokee onto the highway outside St. Louis, while the hackers took over control of the car. Using the Jeep’s Uconnect system, which plugs into a cellular network, the security researchers were able to gain control of the car’s entertainment system and then rewrite the firmware to send commands to critical systems like the brakes, steering, and transmission.
Gizmodo also pointed out that Chrysler is aware of the vulnerability of their vehicles, but may not be taking the problem as seriously as one would expect. Learn more over at Gizmodo .
Photo: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on Flickr
Glad mine’s too old
LMFAO
But they have to be equipped. A cop just can’t drive up next to your car and shut your motor off. it’s not like the bait car you have to equip the vehicle. And yes fuel injection cars are electronic carburators but that doesn’t mean that you can just control it with your phone or laptop… Lol. If the car doesn’t have the module on it to be remotely controlled you can’t give it gas you can’t steer it you can’t nothing
Now a new threat.. and it’s from the compnay that Obama Sold in the bailout,,,,,, to of all places France….
Sounds like my wife is driving
So much for automation
Good