Jeep Cherokee hacking: Do you want to know how it could be the terror in the middle of 21 century?
A Wired publication describes how two hackers took control of a journalist's Jeep Cherokee using a software vulnerability. A terrible story with a good end, as the attack was not intended to cause damage.
A patch may fix the problem on the Jeep Cherokee, but the drivers you will have to install it via a USB stick or with a trip to a company service store.
Let's see what happened:
I was driving 70 miles an hour in the center of St. Petersburg. Louis when they started exploiting the exploit.
Although I hadn't touched the dashboard, the Jeep Cherokee's vents started blasting cold air at maximum setting. Then the radio started playing Skee-Lo across the street. I went to turn it down, change the station, or turn it off, to no avail. Then my wipers started working.
While they were trying to deal with all this, an image of the two hackers appeared on the car's digital screen: o Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek, wearing their trademark tracksuits.
The strange behavior of the Jeep was not entirely unexpected. I had come to St. Louis at the invitation of Miller and Valasek, eager to test the effects of hacking.
The researchers reported that a Jeep Cherokee zero-day could give an attacker wireless control over the Internet of any of thousands of vehicles.
The Automotive Nightmare: A software that allows hackers to send commands through the Jeep entertainment system and gain access to the dashboard, steering wheel, brakes, and elsewhere, from a laptop computer that can be anywhere in the country.
So while the two hackers were playing remotely with my air-conditioner, radio, and windshield wipers, I applauded myself for the courage I showed, until they cut off the broadcast….
Immediately after accelerator it stopped working for me. I was frantically pedaling and watching myself lose revs. The Jeep lost half its speed and soon was crawling.
This happened just as I had arrived at an airship, and there was no way to turn right or left. The experiment had stopped amusing me.
The cars behind my bumper are crowning.
"You are doomed!" shouted Valasek shouted, but I could not hear his voices from the volume of the radio, now playing Kanye West.
I followed Miller's advice: Dont panic. I caught my iPhone to beg the hackers to stop.
You can read the entire article by Wired
