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Flaw in Modern Cars Allows Hackers Disable Safety Features

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#1 ·
Not new news, August 17/2017

One News source http://thehackernews.com/2017/08/car-safety-hacking.html

TheHackerNews said:
Today, many automobiles companies are offering vehicles that run on the mostly drive-by-wire system, which means a majority of car's functions-from instrument cluster to steering, brakes, and accelerator-are electronically controlled.

No doubt these auto-control systems make your driving experience much better, but at the same time, they also increase the risk of getting hacked.
Start taking your bikes out now.
 
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The article mentions that the hack would require someone to have access to the target vehicle in order to attach specialized hardware to the communications bus. To me, the odds seem pretty low that some random hacker would pick some random vehicle to attack. On the other hand, if someone was out to get you, there is a possibility that someone would make the effort to hack your vehicle.
 
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