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Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway



On 7/24/15, Lodewijk andré de la porte <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not physically separating essential vehicle control from the onboard
> entertainment system, because what could possibly go wrong?
>
> I seriously wonder if there's any assassinations that've happened with the
> use of this mechanism. (1. wait until approaching intersection at high
> speed, 2. disengage brakes + steering wheel, is probably very effective)
>
> Gotta love how these cars constantly report their locations :)

Princess Diana - although because of the era, that was more
sophisticated - retroactively modified systems in the car.

Plenty of suspicious private (and not so) jet crashes over the years
too. Non-overridable remote-control systems - what could possibly go
wrong?