Published on July 22, 2015 - Story by Craig Timberg
Hacks on the highway - Automakers rush to add wireless features, leaving our cars open to hackers
The key was hacking into a telematics unit that car manufacturers, in response to driver requests, used to locate vehicles, unlock them or even start their engines. Although pioneered by General Motors through its OnStar system, such telematics units are commonplace in cars today, relying on cellular signals to find vehicles and send data to their onboard computers.
The researchers found that by transmitting malicious code to the telematics unit of a test vehicle, they could do everything that OnStar could do and much more taking complete control of the car. It did not stop or even slow down.
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Hacks on the highway - Automakers rush to add wireless features, leaving our cars open to hackers
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