Comments on: Engineers Can Now Wirelessly Hack Your Car

By: Don

Don — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 06:44:18 +0000

Well everyones comments are old news, read this story of a 20 year old man http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/03/hacker-bricks-cars/
Their on there way!!!!

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By: Sam Marasco

Sam Marasco — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 21:37:43 +0000

Holy Mackerel Andy!! This is really a scary thought. Just think if terrorists set up a hidden antenna on a large ‘beltway’. My gosh! what havoc they could wreak!

By: Susan

Susan — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 18:13:01 +0000

I too have an old-fashioned non-electronic ‘Vette, and when I order my next one, I will specify that it does NOT include the fancy-schmancy OnStar system. I’ve been teasing my husband for months that I don’t want my car telling him which bar and which hotel my car is parked at if I’m AWOL!!

Tee hee!! Used to be if you wanted to cheat, all you had to do was pay cash and sign a fake name. Used to be if you wanted to secure your money you used a money clip. Used to be if you wanted to wish someone “Happy Birthday” you had to buy and mail a greeting card a week in advance. Don’t get me started on what HR departments can do with your Facebook account . . . I miss the ’80′s . . .

By: gwg

gwg — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:09:11 +0000

Wow they just made the value of good old fasioned non computerized car’s gp up a whole lot. I am really loving my 66 chevelle right now.

By: Deborah

Deborah — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 00:57:14 +0000

Yet another reason to keep my ’97 Volvo. (Still runs like a dream, btw. Made back in the day when they were constructed by a team of efficient Swedish elves.)

By: KCBlues

KCBlues — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 13:27:50 +0000

10 guys x 2 years = 240 person months of effort
= 2.4 months x 100 guys in a hacker forum

By: Idlewilde

Idlewilde — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 23:34:57 +0000

Lol, my family’s car is too old for this….

By: Iain

Iain — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 22:34:15 +0000

Lol! Now that the world is alerted, it’s coming to a Christine near you soon.

By: justanotherday

justanotherday — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 21:13:47 +0000

It is likely that hackers already knew about it, are already doing it and since have found a better and easier way. The arrogance is appalling. How often does the police recover a stolen car whole and no sign of damage? Then, assuming if they do recover it whole, how often do they figure out exactly how it was stolen? Finally, the cop is not going to just dismiss a car thief had a tow truck, made keys or didn’t exist because the owner was completely incompetent and forgot where they put the car in the first place. Or the owner was trying to commit insurance fraud. I think those would be first. I highly doubt the dealer is going to suspect that the computer was hacked–assuming it was recovered whole. They would just re-flash the memory. In closing, it is much harder to find something that you don’t know even exist, than to find something that you do know exist. I could see if they found a way to hack into the DOD. Not that it is impossible. Just that there is a little more security at the DOD than in a car computer. At the DOD, you expect and get attacks.

By: plutosdad

plutosdad — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:26:04 +0000

“This took 10 researchers two years to accomplish,” Savage adds. “It’s not something that one guy is going to do in his garage”
this is the dumbest comment ever.
The first time it’s hard, the second time will take months, in a few years script kiddies everywhere will be able to do it. Why do they think secure communications all use encryption AND continual rotating frequencies, and even that can be defeated by kids with black boxes that rotate (for opening cars)

I see tv ads of people controlling cars via phone apps, hacking of that is only months away

By: s

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:17:06 +0000

Jody is bang on. I had that same thought that this article dares hackers to try.

Hackers are unscrupulous….but they are also ego-centric and will no doubt come up with a way.

At least I know my “Vette is safe. No electronics on the old girl. :)

By: kirk

kirk — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:55:25 +0000

What the 10 engineers worked on for two years was 15 year old code running on 20 year old embedded controller architectures. This is like cutting and polishing diamonds by hand. In 10 years telematics – completely integrated dashboard, engine and safety – will run embedded Linux on 5 year old hardware comprising an automotive node on the internet. I for one welcome out Stuxnet overlords. I like my bicycle more everyday.

By: Solitha

Solitha — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:54:44 +0000

I think he underestimates the mindset of the criminal. You’re talking about cars costing $20k or more… the push for that money will easily drive some guy in his garage to find those security holes.

By: Jody

Jody — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:38:47 +0000

Wow. That guy savage basically just challenged hackers to try and do this.