Wired: I WAS DRIVING 70 mph on the edge of downtown St. Louis when the exploit began to take hold.
Though I hadn’t touched the dashboard, the vents in the Jeep Cherokee started blasting cold air at the maximum setting, chilling the sweat on my back through the in-seat climate control system. Next the radio switched to the local hip hop station and began blaring Skee-lo at full volume. I spun the control knob left and hit the power button, to no avail. Then the windshield wipers turned on, and wiper fluid blurred the glass.
As I tried to cope with all this, a picture of the two hackers performing these stunts appeared on the car’s digital display: Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, wearing their trademark track suits. A nice touch, I thought. MORE
h/t David
Great. Let’s put this technology in a 747, shall we?
I think I want my old 1963 VW beetle back.
That’s the first thing I do when I lose power in my truck is take my hands off the wheel. Wada dweeb. I watched this on Fox and the video actually had one of the air head blondes believing someone else was steering the car. They went to a lot of trouble trying to make this look as bad as they could.
Yup. And totally unnecessary because it’s pretty bad without any trickery.
True enough. But they lost me when the nerd took his hands off the wheel.
Hey, I’ve got a Jeep and I don’t need any hackers to make it stop on the highway . . . it’ll do it all on its own.
Sig, That’s already been done I believe. Some guy hacked it thru the entertainment software. Not once but twice. With a cell phone.
Keep handing over your autonomy to progressives.
they did this at high speed on a busy interstate….WTF?????
an isolated country coudn’t be found?
they all need to be in jail!!!
Was Michael Hastings driving a Jeep? No, it was a Mercedes. Guess that’s not what happened to him
shoot that is nothing, GM found a way to make the Volt self destruct remotely.
An easier way is to use a .50 cal. Right in the engine block.
Now that’s a hack.
Before I replace my almost 16 year old Jeep with anything newer, I will find someone who can disable everything that transmits or receives a transmission (except an old fuddy duddy radio) without notifying the government. By the time I am able to replace my poor Jeep, the government will have tracking devices on all vehicles.
Funny thing is, my 2005 Jeep does this same exact behavior all the time. It’s considered normal for mine. If it doesn’t have erratic behavior and acts like it should, I know there is a $1500 parts bill awaiting me. Fucking Jeep.
Now you know why there was such a big push for cash for clunkers. The gov’t wants you in a new car so they can control it.
Yeah, Obama’s AF-1
If this keeps up only outlaws will drive pre 1970’s cars. Can I have my 55 Chevy station wagon back. Easy to work on and fix and no damned meddling electronics. 64 Dodge Darts with slant sixes were pretty cool too.
“Please wait while your car is rebooting with the latest updates from Windows Update.”
So what is the best way to make sure your ride is “off the grid” without compromising safety, performance, etc?
and knowing the assholes at the Big Three automakers, they will make “going off the grid” an expensive option, a feature whose purchase will be reported to the Gummint
“Please install the latest version of iTunes”
Ah hell. My Jeep runs on MAC o/s ??!!!
Back in the day there was a show on TV where this kool guy had a black car what could talk. I always wanted one … but I settled on a Trans Am what couldn’t talk.
Still a pretty big fuckin deal!