The world’s largest brick? Photo: Trucktrend
Posted on 12/12/2014 12:31:08 AM PST by Swordmaker
Having done that, he has now moved onto exploring vulnerabilities in other vehicles — including his new 2014 Cherokee jeep. All that research comes at a high price, however, since Miller recently revealed on Twitter that he has managed to “brick” his vehicle, after hacking the head unit. As he put it, “This is an expensive hobby.”
Miller had previously deemed the 2014 Jeep Cherokee one of the vehicles most vulnerable to hackers, alongside the 2015 Cadillac Escalade. His own research was therefore designed to explore the extent of this vulnerability.
He has rated the vehicle hackable based on the number of features that can be hacked (Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile network connections, key fobs, and tyre pressure monitoring systems), the network architecture (giving access to a vehicle’s critical systems, such as the horn, the steering and brakes), and also features such as automated braking, and parking sensors that can be controlled using wireless commands.
Unfortunately, the car head unit he hacked most recently controls functions including the radio, heater, heated steering wheel and seats, rear camera, and sat-nav — leaving Miller with a vehicle best described as “downright primitive.”
After a trip to the automotive shop, where the head unit was replaced, Miller tweeted that, “This is another example of why car research is hard. One little mistake costs you a week and big bucks.”
The hacking appears to have paid off, though, since Miller has determined that his jeep’s software is still vulnerable to jailbreak bug he originally discovered months back.
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Gee, wasn’t there a reporter recently ‘bricked’ into a tree right before some potentially damaging info got published?
LOL, not quite the same thing. . . heheheheh
Pfl
No I meant there was speculation that someone hacked his car. this just proves it can be done. And you know if they admit it’s possible now, then they have been able to do it for some time.
Journalist Michael Hastings Was Investigating CIA Director John Brennan Before He Was Killed in Fiery Car Crash
Aug. 13, 2013
EXCERPT
Additionally, an anonymous source recently provided the news station with “an alarming email” hacked from CIA contractor Strafor’s President Fred Burton. The email, which was posted on WikiLeaks, claimed that Brennan previously headed up the government’s effort to crackdown on investigative journalists.
“Brennan is behind the witch hunts of investigative journalists learning information from inside the beltway sources,” the alleged email reads. “Note — There is specific tasker from the WH to go after anyone printing materials negative to the Obama agenda (oh my.) Even the FBI is shocked. The Wonder Boys must be in meltdown mode…”
Thats the guy.
Look up “the boston brakes”. It appears to have been around for awhile.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Boston%20Brakes
http://www.whale.to/b/assassination_car.html
http://www.whale.to/c/car_hacking1.html
Its a form of car cyber attack
You apparently didn't read the article completely. There was no speculative "someone" here hacking Charlie's car. Charlie Miller is one of the world's top experts on computer security. He is an ex-NSA computer expert.
He knows exactly who and when and how his Jeep was hacked.
Charlie Miller did it himself, with his own Mac computer, hooked directly into the Jeep's systems by a cable, playing around with changing things in its programing for his hobby of hacking things.
Only he couldn't put it back together again!
This was a direct possession via direct connect hack, not a remote exploit. Not only was it not reprogrammable, the entire head computer had to be replaced. That is funny.
This is sorta like the kid who took his parent's alarm clock apart. . . and got it back together but it didn't work anymore. Who? Me? No, the cat did it, Mom! Honest!
Ah, I get where you are going with this. OK...
I'm confused. He claims he can "hack" into the code but yet couldn't repair the code after changes? Is he really an expert who didn't save a copy of the original code before playing?
Doesn’t surprise me. People laughed when we said years ago when they began computerizing everything this would happen eventually. We got laughed at. Dunno why. Fear probably. Seems an obvious thing to conclude.
There’s a reason I never owned a car with a computer that had wireless access to the computer and it wasn’t because I’m on anyones top 10 list. I just don’t trust them. This is why.
You misunderstood what I was getting at. I’m not saying the CIA bricked the jeep. I’m saying that people suspected such a thing in the reporter’s accident.
Investagative journalism?? Isn’t that an oxymoron
Yikes. I think I’ll make my next car a 65 Electra (preferably one with a Nailhead V8). No computers in that thing, not even the clock.
Plus, I like the idea of having a trunk big enough to hold a SmartCar. :-)
He didn’t “brick the car”, at worst he damaged a part of the car, which was replaced and the car worked again.
I’m betting the stealership didn’t replace anything. They only had to reprogram the “head unit” and they charged him for a new one and a bundle in labor.
Another source says they had to replace the head computer. Dealers usually do not have the resources to reflash the programming completely. They usually swap the computers out, flash the specific ID information and done. I had to replace a drive computer in a Chrysler 300M several years ago. It was an exchange deal. The dealer took the old one and sent it back for re-programming.
Sounds like it. . . or he may have damaged it while in the process of copying it. The articles i found did not specify.
I don't believe the cars in question had wireless access to begin with. They were accessed via a transceiver that was installed so as to enable a direct hard wire connection via the transceiver. That would mean someone would have to have to access to the car for a period of time for installation. The job would most likely be quick and direct.
The FBI has been doing similar things with mob figures cars for some time by installing listening devices. With the advent of “Onstar” it becomes even easier if the legality is not a concern.
Look up “the jaguar bug”. The FBI did that back in the mid 80’s when they bugged Anthony “Tony Ducks” Corallo’s car.
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