Self-driving cars may be the way of the future, but ask Chrysler about the vulnerabilities that software-connected automobiles present. The company recently recalled 1.4 million vehicles after a Wired magazine article explained how certain cars could be hacked, according to Richik Sarkar writing in Business Advocate. (This comes on the heels of the record $105 million regulatory consent decree the company agreed to this week for failing to adequately notify car owners of recalls for 23 different defects.) As concerns mount over the so-called Internet of Things, the tech being loaded into cars could become the next big IoT battleground.
“Internet-connected cars are likely the highest-profile ‘Internet of Things’ devices,” notes Sarkar. In January, the Federal Trade Commission reported on the potential for cars to be hacked. It suggested building security into devices at the outset of the design process rather than as an afterthought, monitoring connected devices through their life cycles and using multiple layers of security to defend against particular risks.
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