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  Security experts hack into moving Jeep and seize control of car

Sophie Curtis
July 22, 2015 - 1:56PM

http://www.theage.com.au/digital-life/consumer-security/security-experts-hack-into-moving-jeep-and-seize-control-of-car-20150722-gihmn3.html


Hackers have managed to take control of a car and crash it into a ditch
while sitting on their sofa several kilometres away.

In the first such breach of its kind, security experts caused the engine
to cut out and applied the brakes on a Jeep Cherokee, sending it into a
spin.

The car was travelling about 110km/h when the hackers took control.

The US hackers said they used just a laptop and mobile phone to access
the Jeep's on-board systems via its wireless internet connection.

They claim that more than 470,000 cars made by Fiat Chrysler could be at
risk of similar breaches, including vehicles in Britain.

The hack was revealed by security researchers Charlie Miller, a former
staffer at the NSA, and Chris Valasek.

They worked with Andy Greenberg, a writer with tech website Wired.com
<http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/>, who
was driving the Jeep on public roads in St Louis, Missouri.

In his account, Mr Greenberg described how the air vents started
blasting out cold air and the radio came on full blast when the hack began.

The windscreen wipers turned on, and an image of the two hackers
appeared on the car's digital display.

Mr Greenberg wrote: "The most disturbing manoeuvre came when they cut
the Jeep's brakes, leaving me frantically pumping the pedal as the 2-ton
SUV slid uncontrollably into a ditch.

"The researchers say they're working on perfecting their steering
control - for now they can only hijack the wheel when the Jeep is in
reverse."

Fiat Chrysler has issued a "fix", which owners must download from a USB
device, or get a dealer to do the download. A spokesman said the company
welcomed the alert, but added: "We caution advocates that in the pursuit
of improved public safety they do not, in fact, compromise public safety."

Fiat Chrysler Australia said in a statement: "No vehicles in Australia
nor any international market outside of the USA were affected by this
issue, as it is an American-only system not present in Australian vehicles.

"Vehicles sold in Australia and other international markets are not
equipped with an external cellular connection."

*Telegraph, London, with Fairfax Media*

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