Thursday 14 July 2016

Fiat Chrysler offers hackers cash to find software bugs

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is now offering big cash rewards to hackers who can find vulnerabilities in its software.

The car giant’s US department has collaborated with crowd-sourced digital security company, Bugcrowd, to launch this program. Hackers can earn up to $1.500 for any bugs found in the vehicle software, depending on their complexity.

Fiat Chrysler claims to be the first major car company to offer this kind of reward. This drastic measure is in response to last year’s incident in which hackers took control of a Jeep SUV and was forced to recall 1.4 million vehicles. Fiat has suffered many difficulties recently, this vast technological issue being perhaps the most severe.  For the full article click here 



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