Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway

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Wired News Article -- Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED

I WAS DRIVING 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.

Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back through the in-seat climate control system. Next the radio switched to the local hip hop station and began blaring Skee-lo at full volume. I spun the control knob left and hit the power button, to no avail. Then the windshield wipers turned on, and wiper fluid blurred the glass.

As I tried to cope with all this, a picture of the two hackers performing these stunts appeared on the car’s digital display: Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, wearing their trademark track suits. A nice touch, I thought.


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I agree, new Merc's were talking about having some sort of WiFi OS update for the ECU, this can also enable police to shut down the vehicle during a chase. Humm is the police can shut down cars like that, then surely anyone on the market could with the same tool. They may think its secure, but someone will get in and make it public domain.
 
This is one of many reasons I am in no way on board with driverless cars.
 
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