Is Your Car Plotting Against You?

Security experts are sounding the alarm that the technologies that make our family cars such joys to drive also make them vulnerable to being remotely taken over by people harboring devious thoughts. It is the electronic and computerized features of today’s cars that may prove to be their undoing.

Specifically, the experts are warning that technologies, such as those in the popular Bluetooth devices, OnStar connections, tire-pressure warning systems and Wi-Fi systems, could possibly be hacked allowing cars or systems within them to be controlled by others. However, the threat is not just one of losing control of one’s vehicle or its systems, but also one of identification theft with vehicles being made to give up their Global Positioning Satellite coordinates and vehicle identification numbers. Armed with this information, thieves could possibly be able to track down the vehicles they are targeting and to then command them to turn off their alarms and unlock their doors.

The cries of the experts, along with similar warnings issued by universities, have caught the ear of the federal government. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has said that it plans on working with automakers to better protect us and our vehicles. The NHTSA was recently quoted as saying, "The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is aware of the potential for hackers and is working with automakers to better understand what steps can and are being taken to address the problem."

By: Javier Nazar

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