Is You Car Going To Be the Next Target To Get Hacked?

Many new cars are as “wired” as a home office — with onboard GPS navigation and communication systems and wireless communications networks using cellphones and Bluetooth technology.

The question on some people’s minds is: Can a modern car’s onboard electronics be “hacked” or infected by a computer virus introduced through a wireless device that might corrupt or even disable its expensive onboard systems?



 
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Agent009 - 7/8/2010 1:15:05 PM

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Just like a PC, computer systems are open to attack. This article only touches on low tech bluetooth attacks, but the bigger threat may be an attack from an infected diagnostic system driven by a PC connected to the internet.

I routinely go into ECU parameters and realize that others can too.

LexSucks - 7/8/2010 5:11:10 PM

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"I routinely go into ECU parameters and realize that others can too."

- You still have to hook up a physical wire to the car to view and edit the ECU settings. It cannot be done remotely (wireless) and they would have to break into your car to connect the cable, or connect the cable when your car is unlocked. It isn't as easy as you would think.