Hackers can cut the brakes, shut down the engine, drive it off the road, or make all the electronics go haywire.
Jeep Cherokees, Chrysler 200s, Dodge Rams, and several other vehicles are vulnerable to such attacks, according to research revealed Tuesday.
The core problem? A flaw in the wireless service Uconnect that connects these cars to the Sprint cellphone network.
The researchers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, first demonstrated the hack to Wired Magazine by remotely hijacking a Jeep Cherokee driven by a news reporter.
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7 comments:
Are you surprised? The government pressures software developers to build back doors into their programs so the US can spy on its citizens. It's these same weaknesses that foreign hackers use to break into our systems.
Problem #1, using the Sprint network...
Anyone driving alone after dark in the inner city needs to worry about this new series of events. Your only defense in Baltimore is a locked car and now that isn't dependable.
OBD-I.
Nobody hacks MY Mopars but ME!
How does the phone interface steer the car off the road and operate the engine? I could see a kill switch, but steering? And disabling brakes?????
If this is somehow true, it's the end of Chrysler and possibly all similar car companies.
It's time I start a conversion company that puts cars back on points and condenser ignition with no computer control.
I'll make billions.
Go for it 7:47
These newer cars have lane keeping assistance meaning the computer can affect the steering if it detects your drifting out of your lane. ANYTHING the computer can do, you can do once you've hacked it.
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