QOTD: Will the Car Hacking Ever Stop?

by Tim Healey

Published: September 30th, 2024

It feels like we've covered car hacking a lot over the past few years.

We had another one today.

This one was done by researchers, not criminals, and hopefully it will teach automakers how to prevent these issues in the future.

But I have to ask -- with cars being so connected these days, how can automakers stop these hacks. Can they?

It's a simple one today. You know what to do.

Sound off below.

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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VoGhost 1 hour ago
Not something that keeps me up at night.

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- Fred 36 minutes ago
  Until it happens. Just understand that every computer no matter how insignificant you may think it is can be hacked if it's online or broadcasting signals. I saw one where they hacked into a light bulb and then compromised the home network.
  
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- Big Al from Oz 7 minutes ago
  Vo, imagine owning a home and there are many sets of keys that are "secure" to all interested parties in your house. The bank has a set of keys, the real estate, insurance company, fire department, cops, paramedics and on and on. Is it necessary? This to me increases the odds of your home getting "hacked".
  
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Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh 57 minutes ago
10000% no, never. #1 Humans designed it therefore it is flawed. #2 ANY TIME you are exchanging cryptographic keys to open doors, but something online you those keys are subject to attack, as well as a the libraries processing those keys (like openssl which has multiple vulnerabilities every year). And those vulnerabilities are NEVER patched. add onto that replay attacks are prefect for jacking cars, or taking out the headlight of a toyota or lexus to access the CANN bus to literally start a car and unlock it by taking a headlight out.

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Jeff As for vehicle subscription services thanks but no thanks.
EBFlex But people had to pay for it day one. What a scam
Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh 10000% no, never. #1 Humans designed it therefore it is flawed. #2 ANY TIME you are exchanging cryptographic keys to open doors or buy something online those keys are subject to attack, as well as a the libraries processing those keys (like openssl which has multiple vulnerabilities every year). And those vulnerabilities are NEVER patched. add onto that replay attacks are prefect for jacking cars, or taking out the headlight of a toyota or lexus to access the CANN bus to literally start a car and unlock it by taking a headlight out.
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VoGhost Still holding out for a Kia Borrego.