Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
there’s a word that can be used to describe Bryan Liston’s 2014 Jeep Cherokee, it’s “loaded.” The SUV has all the high-tech features like voice recognition, a computerized touch screen and a backing camera with an assisted parking feature. But even with all that tech, Liston thinks of his SUV as a mechanical vehicle. “When I first look at my car I don’t look at it as a computer. I look at it as something to go snowboarding, to go camping,” said the 33-year-old Seattle computer engineer. Some experts are warning that we need to think of our cars more like we think of our laptops and smart phones – vulnerable to hackers. The latest generation vehicles may have more than 50 on-board computers and the capability to connect some or all of them to the Internet. A report released this week by the office of Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) says that “security and privacy gaps” in automotive computer manufacturing “…put American drivers at risk.” And, just last month, Seattle police were investigating a car prowler in the northern part of the city who was believed to be using an electronic device – not a key – to pop open […]
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