Hacks on the highway

From: The Washington Post

Automakers rush to add wireless features, leaving our cars open to hackers

Craig Timberg

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In a speech Tuesday, Mark R. Rosekind, the head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said that federal transportation officials also are working on the problem and have a cybersecurity research team at a car-testing facility in Ohio.

“The folks at our Vehicle Research and Test Center have figured out how to do some remarkable things with vehicle electronics, in order to prevent others from doing them,” Rosekind said, according to his prepared remarks. “NHTSA not only is aware of these threats, but we’re working to defeat them.”

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