With $15 in Radio Shack parts, 14-year-old hacks a car

  • 21 February 2015
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By Lucas Mearian
 
A teenager not even old enough to drive a car was able to wirelessly connect to a vehicle's internal computer network and control various functions.
The 14-year-old built an electronic remote auto communications device with $15 worth of Radio Shack parts that were assembled in less than a night.
Auto executives at a conference this week sponsored by the Center for Automotive Research revealed how stunned they were by the feat, which actually happened last summer, noting it shed light on the need for greater security as vehicles gain more wireless capabilities.
The boy, whose name is not being released, was among 30 other students ranging in age from high school to college undergraduates to PhD students who participated in the third annual Battelle CyberAuto Challenge. The year, make and models of the cars experimented on during the challenge were not disclosed.
 
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Yeah, but with so many of the Radio Shack locations selling off their inventory, that $15 could have been half the store! :S

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