Hacker remotely crashes Jeep from 10 miles away
Source: The Telegraph
Hackers took control of a car and crashed it into a ditch by remotely breaking into its dashboard computer from 10 miles away.
In the first such breach of its kind, security experts cut out the engine and applied the brakes on the Jeep Cherokee, sending it into a spin all while sitting on their sofa.
The US hackers said they used just a laptop and mobile phone to access the Jeeps on-board systems via a wireless Internet connection.
They claim that more than 470,000 cars made by Fiat Chrysler could be at risk of being attacked by similar means including those driven in the UK.
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The hack was possible thanks to Uconnect, the software that has been built into the dashboard computers of hundreds of thousands of cars made by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles since late 2013.
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Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11754089/Hacker-remotely-crashes-Jeep-from-10-miles-away.html
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)Immediately my accelerator stopped working. As I frantically pressed the pedal and watched the RPMs climb, the Jeep lost half its speed, then slowed to a crawl. This occurred just as I reached a long overpass, with no shoulder to offer an escape. The experiment had ceased to be fun.
At that point, the interstate began to slope upward, so the Jeep lost more momentum and barely crept forward. Cars lined up behind my bumper before passing me, honking. I could see an 18-wheeler approaching in my rearview mirror. I hoped its driver saw me, too, and could tell I was paralyzed on the highway.
Youre doomed! Valasek shouted, but I couldnt make out his heckling over the blast of the radio, now pumping Kanye West. The semi loomed in the mirror, bearing down on my immobilized Jeep.
http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
Posted on DU here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026994682
targetpractice
(4,919 posts)It's Wired after all.
Xithras
(16,191 posts)They shut down the brakes and the driver ended up in a ditch.
But, yes, they crashed the computer too.
liberal N proud
(60,346 posts)"Hackers took control of a car and crashed it into a ditch by remotely breaking into its dashboard computer from 10 miles away"
You may have thought of it that way but the article doesn't read that way.
bananas
(27,509 posts)The article quotes the driver:
So the title is correct.
AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)... before it crashed.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)AngryOldDem
(14,061 posts)targetpractice
(4,919 posts)Sorry.
MADem
(135,425 posts)Miller attempts to rescue the Jeep after its brakes were remotely disabled, sending it into a ditch. ANDY GREENBERG/WIRED
Duppers
(28,127 posts)I rather doubt it, but ask the CIA about that.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Then he had an accident and died.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2013/08/16/hast-a16.html?view=article_mobile
Duppers
(28,127 posts)What I was referring to.
Thanks.
aggiesal
(8,935 posts)On-Star had the same problem.
Their on board computer had no firewall built in.
So any body could take control of any On-Star enabled system.
Obviously, Chrysler-Daimler still has not figured this thing out.
May I digress for one last snarky sentence:
This would never happen to a fully autonomous vehicle.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)looks better every day, and not just because of the awesome paint job and new top...
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)If old Bugs had air conditioning, I'd go back to one. Or a Karmann Ghia
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)Always happened on some family road trip, out in the middle of nowhere.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)... Held a little over two quarts of oil, and there was no filter. if you were down a quart - and they burned and leaked oil like crazy - half your oil was gone, and you ran the risk of exactly what you describe. Not fun. I got so I could rebuild a VW engine in my sleep. But then I had an epiphany. There are RELIABLE cars in the world! And I could buy one!
catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)Forward cylinder on the driver side. Rear cylinders got extra cooling from the airflow at the rear of the car. Passenger side forward got hotter but was OK. #3 got heat from being in the forward position and the cooling air from the fan on the shroud passed through the oil cooler before hitting the cylinder. That's why if you had a cylinder head temp gauge it always went on #3...
redwitch
(14,948 posts)I loved my Beetle. Which my sister gave to me when the engine seized because she ran out of oil.
PasadenaTrudy
(3,998 posts)Bugs, Squareback, Fastback, and a Thing. Never blew a rod! Lucky.
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)I had one of those back in the sixties. Fun car. Then I got an 67 MGB-GT that I later tricked out to eat Porsches for breakfast! I should never have sold that beauty...
gregcrawford
(2,382 posts)I don't think so. There are strong suspicions that Michael Hastings' Mercedes may have been hacked before he died by hittting a tree.
Duppers
(28,127 posts)See above.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Sunlei
(22,651 posts)dembotoz
(16,860 posts)drm604
(16,230 posts)This shows the stupidity of hooking a car's systems up to a wireless internet connection. It should be illegal. Imagine terrorists taking control of and crashing thousands of cars across the country all at once.