The World's Most Hackable Cars

ancientribe writes: If you're wondering whether the most tech-loaded vehicles are also the most vulnerable to hackers, there is now research that shows it. Charlie Miller, a security engineer with Twitter, and Chris Valasek, director of security intelligence at IOActive, studied modern auto models and concluded that the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, the 2014 Infiniti Q50, and the 2015 Escalade are the most likely to get hacked. The key is whether their networked features that can communicate outside the vehicle are on the same network as the car's automated physical functions. They also name the least-hackable cars, and will share the details of their new findings next week at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas.

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Re:The Next Step in Remotely Controlling a Car

[Anonymous Coward]

If by 2015, you mean 2011, then yes. UW and UCSD demonstrated hacking a car via its cellular connection and disabling its brakes, among other things. There's no discussion of taking control of the steering, so maybe the car they worked with didn't have drive-by-wire steering.