Well, this is terrifying. Consider this real life example:
A driver accidentally downloads a virus onto his phone, then pairs his phone to his car via Bluetooth. If his car's brakes are running on the same network as the Bluetooth, a hacker potentially has a way in, and can stop the car.
"Once they have code running on the Bluetooth computer [in your car], they can then do things like send out messages to tell the other components of the car to do stuff, like engage the brakes," says Miller.Read
The least secure vehicles are the Cherokee, Escalade and Prius, while the most secure includes Audi’s A8. The reason? Individual networks. Read
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