Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Hackers find their way into cars on-board computer systems

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=13212899

Another fine feature of technological advancement that leaves the buyer vulnerable to attack.


It could be called a new type of car-jacking. It's car-hacking and it involves the computing power under the hood of your car.

With the complexity of the computer systems and logic in your automobile comes a potential for hacking.

Could someone take control of your car to steal it, cause the driver harm, convince the driver to pull over for "urgent maintenance" or ruin the car? According to some experts, the answer is yes.