Hackers can remotely access new vehicles and control them

[91cavgt]

This article is specific to Chrysler vehicles, but I have seen videos where DARPA admits they can do it with almost all new vehicles.

http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/21/90...ity-car-hijack

Chrysler's UConnect system uses Sprint's cellular network for connectivity, so researchers were able to remotely locate cars by scanning for devices using that particular spectrum band. Chrysler has been including UConnect in cars since late 2013, and any cars that use the system are likely to be vulnerable to the attack. There's no apparent firewall, so once attackers have located the device's IP, they can deploy previously developed exploits to rewrite Uconnect's firmware and control the car as if they had physical access. The result is that once an attacker has a car's IP address, she can target it from anywhere in the country.

In a live demo, attackers used the vulnerability to cut out a Jeep Cherokee's transmission and brakes and, when the car is in reverse, commandeer the steering wheel — all without physical access to the vehicle.

[Backwoods101]

You get what you pay for :-)

[fulmer34]

I'll keep driving my 12 and 13 year old vehicles.

[Extremehunter37]

That's some scary stuff right there.

[Bill]

I love my 2001 Dodge. I can even fix it myself.

[Geezy Rider]

How can they control the steering wheel? That doesn't make sense to me.

[wtx223]

I have read the same thing can be done to airplanes for years now.

Scary.

[Fargus]

How can they control the steering wheel? That doesn't make sense to me.

I thought the same thing, but somehow or another some cars can parallel park themselves so maybe they are accessing the mechanism that runs the parallel parking feature.

[91cavgt]

How can they control the steering wheel? That doesn't make sense to me.

A couple of different ways. If the car has any kind of parking assist feature then that is one way it can 100% take over your steering. If it has any kind of steering assist, which most vehicles with electric power steering have, then it is possible to partially take over your steering. If you are not expecting your steering to suddenly jerk one way, there is nothing you can do but hang on as you crash. If it has parking assist, even if you are prepared for it you do not have enough strength to keep the steering wheel straight.

Go to this article and watch the video. These guys hacked a hybrid through the bluetooth.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygree...e-wheel-video/

[Geezy Rider]

Ok that explains it. I forgot about the cars that have parking assist. That's what I was struggling with because in order the wheel to be remote controlled there would need to be a servo installed.

[bphillips]

The worst thing they can do is actually tell more people that it can be done

[jsctx84]

Isn't technology great

[Tx625]

scary stuff

[JTRichardson]

The worst thing they can do is actually tell more people that it can be done

People need something else to be in a panic about these days though...