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Hackers hijack software in a car and remotely control the steering, brakes and horn using a laptop
Daily Mail ^ | 25 Jul 2013 | VICTORIA WOOLLASTON

Posted on 07/25/2013 1:42:55 PM PDT by mandaladon

Forget hacking accounts, computers or mobile devices - security engineers from Indiana have managed to hack the software inside the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape. Using a laptop wirelessly connected to the car's electronics, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were able to remotely control the brakes, the accelerate, change the speedometer, switch the headlights on and off, tighten the seatbelts and even blast the horn. The project was funded by a grant from the U.S Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to highlight the security risks affecting modern-day cars. Miller, a security engineer at Twitter, and Valasek, Director of Security Intelligence at IOActive, are due to officially announce their findings at the Def Con 21 conference in Vegas the weekend of the 1-3 Augus

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carhacker; computers; google; michaelhastings; remotecontrol; vehiclehacker
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To: nascarnation
The steering on all cars is a mechanical linkage. They apparently were able to tamper with the power assist. I don’t see any way that they are able to change the direction of the steering.

For most cars that's true, but as more and more models come out with 'parking assist' and such, the computer can take control of the steering.
81 posted on 07/25/2013 3:33:42 PM PDT by Svartalfiar
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To: nascarnation
LOL my 67 Camaro may be safer to drive than I ever expected....

Same goes for my son-in-law's '49 Ford coupe. It's sitting in my driveway and I need to move it often. No emergency brake, no windows except front windshield, no wipers... And a loose steering column. Pull the steering wheel towards you and it comes off. He manages to drive it somehow. Oh, it's a chopped roof so it would be hard to crawl out the window opening. But I'll take that car over these remote control things they're making.

82 posted on 07/25/2013 3:39:21 PM PDT by roadcat
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To: FreedomPoster
Very interesting, this system could completely overrule the driver.

Does anyone else have this already deployed?

83 posted on 07/25/2013 3:47:21 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Truth is a Weapon

I saw that in an episode of NCIS ;-)


84 posted on 07/25/2013 3:53:41 PM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: nascarnation
LOL my 67 Camaro may be safer to drive than I ever expected....

I know my '65 Mustang Fastback is out of Skynet's reach, at least for the time being. It's safer than it used to be, too - I installed a collapsing type steering column with a rag joint and ditched the old "spear-o-matic" original. It has a dual-reservoir master cylinder and 4-wheel disk brakes now, as well as a 4-point roll cage with 3-point belts (as befitting its Shelby GT-350 homage paint job).

Subtle, it ain't - but I control every moving part.

85 posted on 07/25/2013 4:12:26 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

I’ll keep driving my 1966 Karmann Ghia


86 posted on 07/25/2013 4:17:18 PM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: SpeakerToAnimals
Yep, my wife's RX-350 has the electric steering setup you describe. And all the articulated bits and pieces on the inside that require sensors and computers to operate. I'm not a technophobe, but having a computer network between me and the powertrain or steering just creeps me out.

BTW, I'm a Niven fan. Great screen name.

87 posted on 07/25/2013 4:26:00 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: roadcat
But I'll take that car over these remote control things they're making.

Well put. New cars are more like full-scale versions of R/C hobbyists' model vehicles, with the radio control transmitters hidden inside and disguised as normal controls.

88 posted on 07/25/2013 4:29:54 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: mandaladon

Nice car!


89 posted on 07/25/2013 4:36:31 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

I paid about $3,700 when I bought it brand new in 1966, while stationed in Germany.


90 posted on 07/25/2013 4:39:23 PM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mandaladon

Now worth 10X that price?


91 posted on 07/25/2013 4:56:07 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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To: Navy Patriot

Not that I know of.


92 posted on 07/25/2013 5:02:25 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

Probably


93 posted on 07/25/2013 5:19:04 PM PDT by mandaladon (The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
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To: mandaladon

I’ve got a 1979 Mercedes Benz 240D. Likewise.


94 posted on 07/25/2013 5:20:58 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: mandaladon

Additional pension plan!


95 posted on 07/25/2013 5:23:48 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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To: DoughtyOne
I’m taking this with a little grain of salt here.

The lights in this vehicle are analog. I don’t see how you turn them on electronically. I don’t see how you control the steering or brakes either.

Perhaps things worked different in 2010, as mine is a 2006, but I’m still shaking my head here.

Are you sure your screen name isn't really DoubtyOne? :-)

96 posted on 07/25/2013 5:31:04 PM PDT by arasina (Communism is EVIL. So there.)
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To: mandaladon

we’ve heard that the reporter’s death in CA was ‘consistent’ with a automobile cyber attack.

which means, they’ve been doing it long enough to know what ‘consistent’ looks like


97 posted on 07/25/2013 6:54:55 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Charles Martel

I wondered how long it would take for somebody to recognize my screen name. You win a cookie! Like the Kzin, my strategy has not evolved beyond scream and leap.


98 posted on 07/25/2013 6:56:22 PM PDT by SpeakerToAnimals (I hope to earn a name in battle)
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To: arasina

No...


99 posted on 07/25/2013 6:56:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Kill the bill... Begin enforcing our current laws, signed by President Ronald Reagan.)
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To: mandaladon

Thank you Daily Mail. Not all scandals are phoney. But all of us do need tin foil hats! Hastings’ death just became another CIA/FBI/BHO situation which will need more cover up. No question, we need more pencils and a larger sheet of paper.


100 posted on 07/25/2013 11:12:17 PM PDT by V K Lee
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