How Jeep Hackers Took Over Steering And Forced Emergency Stop At High Speed

When Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek hacked a Jeep remotely with a journalist behind the wheel last year, it led to the recall of 1.4 million Fiat Chrysler vehicles. Though their latest attacks on the same 2014 Jeep Cherokee – to be detailed at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas this week – can’t yet be executed remotely, they’re scary enough. One can control the steering. Another can stop a car mid-drive by tricking the vehicle into turning on the parking brake. Both can be carried out at speed.

Plugged into the Jeep this month, they showed just what was possible, going beyond last year’s hacks that could only take control of such functions at slow speed. Indeed, they managed to hack themselves off the road entirely, requiring road-side assistance from a local. For the full article click here 

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