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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway

Another grim reminder of the problems brought about by digitization and so-called IoT – basically connecting everything to the Internet. In this case, hackers were able to remotely control a vehicle driving on real roads. Fortunately in this case it was a controlled exploit. Think of what cybercriminals can do if (or rather when) they take hold of critical infrastructures.

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

Source: Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway—With Me in It | WIRED

Update (2015-07-21): Chrysler has earlier asked owners to update their software.

Update (2015-07-24): Chrysler is now forced to take a more proactive step to recall millions of vehicles to fix this.

Update (2015-08-14): Black Hat USA 2015: The full story of how that Jeep was hacked