Skynet, call your lawyer
July 25, 2015 3:34 PM Subscribe
Security researchers have found a hack for a lot of recent Chrysler vehicles that allows remote access to the vehicle control system, including the ability to override brakes and steering. After WIRED publicized the seriousness of the hack, Chrysler has issued a recall for 1.4 million cars. But most people won't have to return to their dealers for the fix: there's a file you can download and load onto a USB thumb drive, then insert into a USB port on the vehicle console, and it will automatically patch the system to eliminate the vulnerability.
So they say. What I want to know is why there's a USB port which has that ability? And how long until a blackhat analyzes the patch and figures out how to make their own patch which is installed the same way which, for instance, makes the steering veer left when it determines that the vehicle is driving at highway speeds? Sounds like the perfect murder to me!
So they say. What I want to know is why there's a USB port which has that ability? And how long until a blackhat analyzes the patch and figures out how to make their own patch which is installed the same way which, for instance, makes the steering veer left when it determines that the vehicle is driving at highway speeds? Sounds like the perfect murder to me!
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