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BlackBerry Denies QNX Was To Blame In Jeep Cherokee Hack

Posted by timothy on from the was-the-other-guy dept.

itwbennett writes: Last month, security researchers demonstrated how to circumnavigate the in-vehicle entertainment system of the Jeep Cherokee to take over the car itself, including control of the dashboard, steering mechanism, transmission, locks, and brakes. The more than 1.4 million vehicles being recalled all run the QNX Neutrino OS, which was supplied by BlackBerry subsidiary QNX Software Systems. But the flaw being exploited was not within the OS itself, BlackBerry said Monday in its blog.

2 of 108 comments (clear)

  1. Blackberry not compatible with anything by cgfsd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Having a Blackberry for work, I would agree with Blackberry as QNX not being the problem. My Blackberry is not compatible with anything and doesn't run anything, so I would find it hard that someone could write an exploit and actually get it to run on a Blackberry OS.

  2. circumnavigate by neo-mkrey · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't think that word means what you think it means.