Report: Jeep Cherokee, Infiniti Q50, Cadillac Escalade Are The Most Hackable ... - The Car Connection
For the past couple of months, the auto world has been obsessed with hackers -- and with good reason. Like their drivers, cars now belong to vast online networks. Those networks provide plenty of benefits like navigation tools and infotainment, but they also provide opportunities for hackers to wreak havoc. Forensic consultants PT&C/LWG have analyzed network security features in late-model vehicles and come up with a short list of the most-vulnerable -- and least-vulnerable -- cars on the road. Suddenly hacking wasn't just a rare, wacky one-off occurrence, it was a real threat -- one that could ruin people's lives. Even in the face of high-profile security breaches at major retailers, we've become all-too-comfortable with living and working online. If you called someone a "hacker" a couple of years ago, many would've assumed you meant a lifehacker -- someone who'd figured out how to turn old newspapers into bespoke martini glasses. Then came July, when reports surfaced that two good-guy hackers had exploited a weakness in Chrysler's Uconnect telematics system and taken control of a Jeep Cherokee. Other security holes were subsequently exposed in OnStar , Volkswagen 's family of vehicles, BMW and Mercedes-Benz cars -- even the dongles used by many insurance companies and apps. Source: www.thecarconnection.com
