We read in a news item on the Professional blog a few days ago about hackers, or rather security experts, who assumed the role of hackers and hacked into a Jeep Cherokee from a distance of 15 kilometers while it was on the highway, and took complete control of it through a loophole in the Uconnect system present in the car.
The loophole enabled them to disable the car's brakes, stop the engine, open the windows, and manipulate system applications... while the vehicle was traveling at a speed of approximately 100 kilometers per hour!
This hacking into the Jeep system carried out by security experts raised alarm bells and warned that hacking today and in the future will not be limited to the theft of data and material losses...but will go beyond the direct loss of life.
This prompted Fiat Chrysler to recall 1.4 million cars in the United States to download computer programs and prevent hackers from remotely controlling the engine, steering wheel, and other systems, in the first measure of its kind described as protection from these operations that have appeared and will spread with the emergence of advanced vehicles and Cars that operate with electronic systems connected to the Internet.
Chrysler said that its action was urgent and necessary only after the media report that explained what the Jeep Cherokee was exposed to by security experts, adding that it suspects the presence of security gaps in approximately 1.4 million cars that may expose them to hacking attacks that will lead to irreversible disasters. Thank goodness.
Warning and warning of the danger of a new form of hacking that targets the electronic systems of cars connected to the Internet, which will lead to loss of life instead of the loss of information or data that was known and limited to the hack.