BlackBerry Denies QNX Was To Blame In Jeep Cherokee Hack

Posted by timothy on Tuesday August 11, 2015 @02:19AM 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.

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What's the story? We already know it's not the OS. by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2015-08-11 02:28 · Score: 5, Informative

It's pretty clear that Blackberry's right about the OS here. From TFA:
"The researchers themselves did not target QNX specifically, but rather the connectivity software that runs on top of QNX, called uConnect which, using cellular connections, offers Internet access, navigation, voice command capabilities and other features to drivers."