Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
Yes, hackers can remotely cut the engine of your 2014 Jeep Cherokee. No, they can’t take down a plane. Here’s the thing about modern machines. They all operate on computer code. And when we hook them up to the Internet, we can send them code from a computer 1,000 miles away. It’s why we’ve reached the point where Chryslers can be hacked over the Internet. Planes, trains, boats — they’re just next in line. Remotely hijacking or sabotaging a vehicle isn’t new. It’s just getting easier every day. Why you can hack a car Automobiles have always been “hackable.” Here’s a little-known fact: Since at least the 1960s, you could zap a car with radio waves, overloading coils and tinkering with some of the electronics. Eventually, cars got loaded with a bunch of tiny computers scattered around the vehicle — with partial control of the brakes, steering wheel and accelerator. In the 1980s, cars got a backbone that connected all those computers together on a single network. By the 1990s, you could tap into that network by physically connecting a computer to the wires in the car. But it wasn’t until 2013 that we saw someone pull it off. Two […]
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