To view the link you have to Register or Login story - which resulted in Chrysler recalling nearly one and a half million vehicles - fascinated me.
The result of their work was a hacking technique—what the security industry calls a zero-day exploit—that can target Jeep Cherokees and give the attacker wireless control, via the Internet, to any of thousands of vehicles. Their code is an automaker’s nightmare: software that lets hackers send commands through the Jeep’s entertainment system to its dashboard functions, steering, brakes, and transmission, all from a laptop that may be across the country.
What I am struggling to understand is why it's now thought that connecting anything and everything, from cars to toasters - to the internet is somehow a good thing. What am I missing?
The result of their work was a hacking technique—what the security industry calls a zero-day exploit—that can target Jeep Cherokees and give the attacker wireless control, via the Internet, to any of thousands of vehicles. Their code is an automaker’s nightmare: software that lets hackers send commands through the Jeep’s entertainment system to its dashboard functions, steering, brakes, and transmission, all from a laptop that may be across the country.
What I am struggling to understand is why it's now thought that connecting anything and everything, from cars to toasters - to the internet is somehow a good thing. What am I missing?
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