{"id":9145,"date":"2017-06-08T16:09:59","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.devopsonline.co.uk\/?p=9145"},"modified":"2017-06-08T16:10:57","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T15:10:57","slug":"driverless-cars-targeted-hackers-says-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devopsnews.online\/driverless-cars-targeted-hackers-says-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Driverless cars targeted by hackers, says report"},"content":{"rendered":"
Automakers predict that driverless cars will become a worthy target by hackers and assassins.<\/p>\n
A New York Times<\/em> report stated criminals have actively been developing, trading and deploying tools that can intercept car key communications, and only a laptop and codes are needed to harm people driving driverless cars.<\/p>\n
The report noted that automakers may call them self-driving cars, but hackers call them computers that travel over 100 miles an hour.<\/p>\n
Hackers, Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek (who are now security researchers for Uber) controlled a Jeep Cherokee\u2019s steering, brakes and transmission through an electric router from a computer miles away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese are no longer cars, these are data centres on wheels. Any part of the car that talks to the outside world is a potential inroad for attackers,\u201d said Principal Security Researcher, Marc Rogers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe only difference between computer code and driverless car code is that, unlike data centre enterprise security, where the biggest threat is loss of data in automotive security, it\u2019s loss of life,\u201d added Co-founder of Karamba Security, David Barzilai.<\/p>\n
Security experts say automakers will have to address inevitable vulnerabilities in car sensors and computers to secure autonomous vehicles.<\/p>\n