Cherokee Jeep connected car remotely hacked while someone was driving it
►http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway
To demonstrate the feasibility of a cyber attack on a connected car and the related risks, the two experts have demonstrated hot to exploit weaknesses in an automobile system with cellular connectivity to hack the vehicle. The experts attacked Uconnect automobile system which is installed in many connected cars, including nearly 471,000 vehicles in the US. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demonstrated the attack by hacking a Jeep Cherokee equipped with the Uconnect system.
They have hacked the connected car remotely while the popular journalist Andy Greenberg was driving it.
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As the two hackers remotely toyed with the air-conditioning, radio, and windshield wipers, I mentally congratulated myself on my courage under pressure. That’s when they cut the transmission.
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The most disturbing maneuver came when they cut the Jeep’s brakes, leaving me frantically pumping the pedal as the 2-ton SUV slid uncontrollably into a ditch.
Video:
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#connected_car #voiture_connectée
#connected_objects #objets_connectés
#Uconnect