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November 25, 2014

To hackers, your car is just ‘a rolling computer'

  • The military and the auto industry are scrambling to fortify cars' cyber defenses before criminals and even terrorists penetrate them.
    • By JUSTIN PRITCHARD
    Associated Press

    LOS ANGELES — Against the team of hackers, the poor car stood no chance.

    Meticulously overwhelming its computer networks, the hackers showed that — given time — they would be able to pop the trunk and start the windshield wipers, cut the brakes or lock them up, and even kill the engine.


     
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