Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4M vehicles to prevent hacking

Associated Press ^ | Jul 24, 2015 2:55 PM EDT | Tom Krisher

[Olog-hai]

Fiat Chrysler has decided to recall about 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. just days after two hackers revealed that they took control of a Jeep Cherokee SUV over the Internet.

The company also disclosed in government documents that the hackers got into the Jeep through an electronic opening in the radio and said it would update software to close it. On Thursday, Fiat Chrysler sealed off a loophole in its internal cellular telephone network with vehicles to prevent similar attacks, the automaker said in a statement.

The vulnerability exposed by the hack rippled through the auto industry and drew the attention of government safety regulators, who on Friday opened an investigation into the Jeep incident.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said it would find out what other automakers use the same radios. It came as the industry is rapidly adding Internet-connected features such as WiFi and navigation that are convenient for drivers but make the car more vulnerable to outside attacks. …

[GeronL]

dang foreign cars!

[Darksheare]

At least it wasn’t evil SUV’s!
(Recall the breathless media hysteria over SUV’s?)

[GeronL]

I remember NBC planting a bomb in one so they can show it blowing up and saying “see see, can’t trust those”

[Darksheare]

I remember that too.