This is all theory, they have not actually hacked into any autos.

Jim

Phone Man said:

This is all theory, they have not actually hacked into any autos.

Jim

Scientists Hack Into Cars' Computers -- Control Brakes, Engine - ABC News

Wow, never know that this could really happen...

Zepher said:

Phone Man said:

This is all theory, they have not actually hacked into any autos.

Jim

Scientists Hack Into Cars' Computers -- Control Brakes, Engine - ABC News

One group used a physical connection to hack into the autos system.
But they can't control anything remotely.
The other group was able to hack into the tire pressure wireless system to send false readings. Here is a quote from the second group.

Hacking into a vehicle's central computer wirelessly via the tire-pressure monitor system and taking control "is something we're not able to do right now," Gruteser says. "But we can't rule out that it's possible. Our goal is to raise awareness for consumers before this becomes an actual risk. Hopefully, they will then request from car companies more secure devices."

I don't see a reason to panic but I agree the automakers need to be vigilant with the design of these systems.

Jim

In May, a team of researchers reported that they succeeded in hacking into the onboard computer networks that controlled the engine, brakes, and door locks, among other systems. This latter study was done physically – not wirelessly – by connecting into a vehicle's computers.

You have to either open the hood or be in the car physically to do that right now. I doubt that important signals will ever be transmitted over wireless, however. Way too much liability.

LiquidSnak said:

In May, a team of researchers reported that they succeeded in hacking into the onboard computer networks that controlled the engine, brakes, and door locks, among other systems. This latter study was done physically – not wirelessly – by connecting into a vehicle's computers.

You have to either open the hood or be in the car physically to do that right now. I doubt that important signals will ever be transmitted over wireless, however. Way too much liability.

Onstar has the capability to disable a moving vehicle wirelessly

Zepher said:

LiquidSnak said:

In May, a team of researchers reported that they succeeded in hacking into the onboard computer networks that controlled the engine, brakes, and door locks, among other systems. This latter study was done physically – not wirelessly – by connecting into a vehicle's computers.

You have to either open the hood or be in the car physically to do that right now. I doubt that important signals will ever be transmitted over wireless, however. Way too much liability.

Onstar has the capability to disable a moving vehicle wirelessly

But has Onstar ever been hacked? I would think they have very good security on that system.

Jim

Even if it was hacked, you'd be randomly dealing with millions of cars to unlock, unlocking or controlling any specific one would probably be rather difficult.
Anyhow, people with that level of skill should be making hundreds of dollars an hour as IT security consultants. Stealing cars would just be a waste of their talents and not really net that much more money.