Posted on 07/21/2015 5:40:04 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) —A flaw in several Chrysler models lets hackers remotely control them over the Internet, posing an unprecedented danger for American drivers.
Hackers can cut the brakes, shut down the engine, drive it off the road, or make all the electronics go haywire.
Jeep Cherokees, Chrysler 200s, Dodge Rams, and several other vehicles are vulnerable to such attacks, according to research revealed Tuesday.
The core problem? A flaw in the wireless service Uconnect that connects these cars to the Sprint cellphone network.
(Excerpt) Read more at kcra.com ...
Makes life a lot easier for the bureaucrats at the NSA.
“Why do cars need to be connected to the Sprint cell phone network?”
How else will they know how many miles you’ve driven and how much tax to collect?
Gee, how could they find stolen cars before we had On Star?
how about cutting the antenna to it?
I can't drive an automatic.
If one must have computing and connectivity in a car, open source computers and software are better. And yes, it’s being done in open source design cars.
Your subscription is probably being renewed automatically via your credit card.
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No it isn’t they send me letters. And the mapping company sends me letters too to renew
When I talked to the dealer and the manufacturer, the first said that they had never encountered the problem and the manufacturer did not answer.
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