July 31, 2019

Cyberattacks on connected cars could gridlock entire cities

It would require taking over and stranding 20% of a city's cars to freeze traffic, and only 10% to impede ambulances, physicists calculate.

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January 10, 2018

Marketing ads, soon to be screening on your car dashboard

Get ready for car-delivered ads tailored to your whereabouts and your typical routes.

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July 14, 2016

Fiat Chrysler launches Detroit’s first bug bounty program for car hackers

It's the first of the big three US auto makers to grab the steering wheel on this whole find-vulnerabilities, steer-a-car-into-a-ditch endeavor.

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July 08, 2016

Thieves using laptops to hack into and steal cars

The theory: raise the hood, cut the alarm, jimmy the door, and use a laptop to hack the car's computer so it recognizes a signal sent from another key fob.

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May 03, 2016

Car hackers could get a life sentence under proposed anti-hacking law

The proposed law would make car hacking a felony, but it could have consequences for security researchers who want to help make cars safer.

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March 23, 2016

Time to stash your keyless car-entry fob in with the frozen pork chops

Thieves could potentially use a $225 signal booster to fool cars into thinking their owners are nearby: a silent theft that doesn't leave a scratch.

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March 21, 2016

Warning issued by FBI over dangers of car hacking

As cars get more and more connected, there are plenty of remote and non-remote ways to send them into a ditch.

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December 08, 2015

Alleged hit-and-run foiled after driver’s car calls the cops on her

Who're you going to believe? An automatic safety feature that records collisions and calls 911, or its "everything is JUST FINE" driver?

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