From the last blog, you must be on a verge of thinking that, Can
hackers get into the driver’s seat in autonomous vehicles? The short answer
here is a resounding "Yes!" Here I’ll be discussing a short story or
demonstration on the hacking of A.Vs. Just last year, researchers/hackers
Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek exploited a security issue with the mobile
Wi-Fi system available in some Fiat-Chrysler products: They demonstrated that
they could use a laptop to take control of key vehicle systems in a Jeep
Cherokee. Not only were they able to change the audio volume, adjust the air
conditioning, and turn on the windshield wipers, they gained control over the
transmission -- bringing the vehicle to a stop on the highway.
Luckily, it was all part of a pre-planned demonstration with a
writer for Wired magazine, who was driving the car. The hacking part, however,
was entirely real. The automaker had to recall 1.4 million vehicles as a
result. It also was a wake-up call for both the auto industry and the
government, which have teamed up with technology companies to start taking
automotive cybersecurity more seriously going forward. They'll have to, too, to
be ready for the predicted shift to self-driving vehicles.
Many experts believe that self-driving, or autonomous, vehicles
will be ready for the prime time by 2020, and that when the tipping point
comes, it will happen quickly. The benefits, especially in terms of driver
safety, are simply too great to ignore. Think of the lives saved from drunk and
distracted drivers alone. Even when humans are at their best, computers have
faster reaction times. That means millions of driverless cars are likely to be
taking to the road in a few years, providing millions of targets for hackers.
While the auto industry will have that much more time to develop
new security measures, hacking will still very likely be a threat to take
seriously: Think of how many data breaches are still being reported today by
companies and organizations that have had huge head starts in developing
anti-hacking strategies.
But cyber-attacks on
autonomous vehicles would put human lives at immediate risk in a way most other
hacks don't (think of the Jeep Cherokee at a dead stop on the highway), as well
as in the traditional scenario of stealing personal information. For example,
consider how passengers in self-driving vehicles will be spending their travel
time. Many will no doubt be online watching movies or TV, or working, but some
also will be shopping, banking and otherwise transferring potentially sensitive
data through a potentially hackable wireless connection.
So while self-driving cars seem to be our inevitable future, we
should prepare for them to be driving new cybersecurity concerns as well.
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