Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway

[shelley@misanthropia.org (Shelley)]

On July 24, 2015 5:13:46 AM Georgi Guninski <guninski@guninski.com> wrote:

> Not sure if this is true:
>
> http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/
> <quote>
> I was driving 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit
> began to take hold.
> ...
> Though I hadnâ??t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee
> started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on
> my back through the in-seat climate control system. Next the radio
> switched to the local hip hop station and began blaring Skee-lo at full
> volume. I spun the control knob left and hit the power button, to no
> avail. Then the windshield wipers turned on, and wiper fluid blurred the
> glass.
> ...
> The result of their work was a hacking techniqueâ??what the security
> industry calls a zero-day exploitâ??that can target Jeep Cherokees and
> give the attacker wireless control, via the Internet, to any of
> thousands of vehicles.
> ...
> I mentally congratulated myself on my courage under pressure. Thatâ??s
> when they cut the transmission.
>
> Immediately my accelerator stopped working.
> </quote>
>

It's true.  This isn't the first time these guys have demonstrated this 
kind of exploit.  I heard an interview with Greenberg on NPR earlier in the 
week.

Fascinating and terrifying!

-S