Car hacking could this become a problem in future.

[drummonds]

i was listening to the radio about car hacking.

 

a guy with a jeep cherokee allowed hackers to gain access to his cars service codes. he was driving along when the hackers turned up the volume on his car radio, switched on the wipers and then shut down his engine whilst he was in the outside lane on a motorway.

 

it seems that it is possible for hackers to access a cars controls via the internet. shouls we be worried.

[alchresearch]

Link to the story:

 

Car on highway ‘hacked’ by cyber-researchers

 

 

A duo of cyber-security researchers has remotely turned off an engine of a car travelling on an American highway in a demonstration that raises concerns about safety of increasingly Internet-connected cars.

 

Former NSA cyber-security expert Charlie Miller and IOActive hacker Chris Valasek demonstrated the technique to a Wired reporter, who was driving the attacked car at 70mph.

 

The hackers used the car’s telematics feature Uconnect that primarily manages entertainment and communication systems of the car through an Internet-connected interface to access the engine.

 

In the controlled test, they turned on the Jeep Cherokee's radio and activated other inessential features before rewriting code embedded in the entertainment system hardware to issue commands through the internal network to steering, brakes and the engine. During the attack, the hackers were sitting ten miles away from the targeted car.

 

 

http://eandt.theiet.org/news/2015/jul/highway-car-hack.cfm?utm_source=web&utm_medium=homepage&utm_campaign=news

[L00b]

It's the logical extension/conclusion to computerising cars to excess.

 

An entirely predictable outcome, once modern cars started to get onboard WAN connectivity through built-in cellular comms.

 

The problem/risk is only likely to get worse as ever more modern 'connected' cars replace older 'non-connected' ones.

 

Same problem, to an extent, as the AA/RAC guys unable to fix anything more complex on modern cars than a flat tyre by the roadside these days.

[Hots on]

I would prefer it if my car had a key ignition that you turn like a door key, and a manual handle for the windows etc. All this electronic crap is just something to go wrong.

[hyper]

There was a story earlier this year when some guy connected his laptop to a port under his seat on an airliner and managed to get control of his plane. Fortunately he had no intentions of malice, merely wanted it to act as a warning cos authorities had failed to take his idea seriously. Now that is worrying

 

Back on topic, how did he allow them to hack into his car? Was it something he did, or was he just a random victim?

[L00b]

Back on topic, how did he allow them to hack into his car? Was it something he did, or was he just a random victim?

It was a controlled test (alc's link and quote). But that does not undermine the relevance of the issue, though.

[hyper]

mm ... I must learn to read the whole post when the answer is already there

Thx for the answer anyway

[Harleyman]

i was listening to the radio about car hacking.

 

a guy with a jeep cherokee allowed hackers to gain access to his cars service codes. he was driving along when the hackers turned up the volume on his car radio, switched on the wipers and then shut down his engine whilst he was in the outside lane on a motorway.

 

it seems that it is possible for hackers to access a cars controls via the internet. shouls we be worried.

 

Then it falls to vehicle manufacturers to come up with some kind of firewall technology I would guess

[bananaberry]

Yes they can possibly lock you inside your car, stop your breaks from working, control your speed and if its a automatic they can control what gear your in.

[Solution]

It would be nice if these hackers could look out for middle lane hogging idiots and safely swerve them to the left, stop the engine and use a magnetic forcefield to extract the keys, and throw them into a hedge.

Just a thought.