Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway – IOTW Report

Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway

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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.

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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

22 Comments on Hackers Remotely Kill a Jeep on the Highway

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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!

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