Practically all modern vehicles can be hacked into and controlled remotely, tech researchers reveal
WIRED reporter Andy Greenberg recapitulated in vivid proselast month how hackers were able to hijack a Jeep that he was driving
with nothing but a laptop and mobile device. The hackers were able to
take control of the vehicle by accessing its dashboard connectivity
system. After toying with the windshield wipers and radio, the hackers
successfully drove the Jeep into a ditch. The incident sent ripples
throughout the internet, causing Chrysler to issue a recall on hundreds
of thousands of vehicles. Recently, car hackers made a splash in
cyberspace once again, by hijacking a Corvette’s insurance dongle.
A pair of researchers from the University of California at San Diego
(UCSD) demonstrated that they could hack a Corvette by sending text
messages to a plugged-in gadget known as a dongle that keeps track of
the vehicle’s speed and location. The researchers manipulated dongles
from Metromile, which the company uses to determine insurance rates.(1)
