By AMANDA SCHUPAK as republished from CBS NEWS
Hackers this week demonstrated that a device used to track your driving habits can also be used to remotely take over your car.
Ian Foster and Andrew Prudhomme, from the University of California, San Diego, presented their findings at a security conference in D.C., detailing how they were able to exploit a device used to track driving data to digitally break into a Corvette, turning on its windshield wipers and putting on as well as disabling the brakes.
Their point of entry: An aftermarket telematics control unit, like the ones that major insurers such as Progressive, Allstate and State Farm provide customers to help them save on premiums. The palm-sized dongles plug into a car’s standard onboard diagnostic (OBD-II) port to monitor speed, distance and braking. That data, used to determine how safe a driver you are, is sent wirelessly to the companies’ servers. Continue reading “
Hackers hijack a Corvette via text message – VIDEO”
