A professor at the University of Hiroshima was able to violate a custom-made Toyota Corolla WiFi device with a smartphone application, according to the Japan Times.
In his experiment, Hiroyuki Inoue, associate professor at University Graduate School of Information Sciences, used a 2013 Toyota Corolla Fielder Hybrid.
Inoue was able to open and close the car doors, change the speedometer, and block the car's accelerator.
To do this, the professor created a customized WiFi device, which cost about 82 dollars. Install the device in the car by connecting it to a door beneath the steering wheel.
This door is in the car to allow mechanical maintenance of the car and has a direct connection to the CAN internal bus, where all data from all vehicle electronic devices is available.
Using his smartphone, Inoue managed to connect with this device and commanded for false indications as well as various other actions.
In addition, Inoue was also able to paralyze the car from her Mission too many requests at the same time, the equivalent of one attackDoS (Denial of Service).
Professor's findings raise questions about the security of these types of connection to cars that can connect to the Internet.
Professor Inoue plans to give a lecture on his findings at a three-day cyber security meeting to be held in Okinawa today.
Toyota and the Japan Association of Automobile Manufacturers have been informed of the Results of his study.
