Auto industry gears up to stop hackers

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http://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/mark-phelan/2015/02/18/cyber-security-hacking-auto/23571009/

By Mark Phelan
Detroit Free Press Auto Critic
February 18, 2015

Cars may become tempting targets for hackers looking to wreak havoc, and 
the auto industry is just beginning to face the challenge of stopping 
them, a panel of experts said at a conference in suburban Detroit Tuesday.

Current vehicles are very vulnerable. A 14-year-old kid armed with a $14 
circuit board built from Radio Shack parts cracked a new car's the 
security at a hack-a-thon supplier Delphi sponsored last summer, Delphi 
senior vice president and chief technologist Andrew Brown Jr. told a 
cyber-security conference sponsored by the Center for Automotive Research.

Connected cars that share information with each other and have internet 
and wi-fi service present automakers with myriad new challenges – and vast 
opportunities for hackers, Frost & Sullivan research manager Praveen 
Narayanan said.

Cars presenting a tempting target not because hackers want to mess with a 
single driver, but because the car will be communicating with other 
vehicles, the infrastructure and finance networks, Anuja Sonalker of 
Battelle said.

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