Car hackers can kill brakes, engine, and more
Posted by staff / May 17, 2010
In some frightening news, new research suggests that by connecting to a standard diagnostic computer port included in late-model cars, hackers could potentially do some pretty horrible things—like turning off brakes, changing the speedometer reading, blasting hot air or music on the radio, and locking passengers in the car. For now, researchers claim the risk of this occuring is very low, given that the technology required to make that happen is extremely sophisticated. However, it will hopefully force car designers to develop heavier protection for new vehicle models.
Full story at Yahoo News.
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hot air ‘music and locking the doors is unlikely since they aren’t connected to the diagnostic port you mention. As far as the brakes they can only turn off the anti-lock feature at most since the rest of the system is mechanical in nature except for hybrids that use electric braking in regenerative systems. The most they could do is make your engine run rough or not at all.