Report: Cars are vulnerable to wireless hacking

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4. Car hacked on 60 Minutes

This was broadcast on 60 minutes last night.
They had Leslie Stahl drive a car, while they disabled the brakes, etc.
Video at the link:

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/car-hacked-on-60-minutes/

Car hacked on 60 Minutes

No real security on the Internet -- even the military is under daily assault - says the man the Defense Department hired to make the web more secure

2015 Feb 06

Even the mightiest military in the world can be vulnerable on the Internet, just like everybody else who uses it. But the government agency that invented the Internet has a brilliant videogame inventor on its side working to make the web safer for all users, starting with the military. Lesley Stahl reports on the U.S. military's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the man who heads its Information Innovation Office, Dan Kaufman, for a 60 Minutes story to be broadcast Sunday, Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

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One of the vulnerabilities Kaufman and DARPA are working to eliminate that affects many is in the automobile. Cars today are loaded with computers networked to each other, and those can be hacked remotely. In a dramatic demonstration, he and his colleagues use a laptop computer to hack into a car being driven by Stahl. Much to her surprise, they were able to take control of many of the car's functions, including the braking and acceleration.

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