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September 4, 2013

Car computers fertile ground for hackers

  • Hackers have shown they can slam a car's brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering wheel and even shut down the engine — all from their laptop computers.
    • By TOM KRISHER
    AP Auto Writer

    DETROIT — As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what's to stop a hacker from taking over yours?

    In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car's brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the steering wheel and even shut down the engine — all from their laptop computers.


     
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