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a3n on July 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway

Exactly. But at least you'd break the current control link and possibly/hopefully be able to stop and steer.

Maybe in addition to breaking a link on a panic stop, stopping and steering would be set to a non-commanded mode that relies less or not at all (maybe impossible with current design?) on software commands.

maxerickson on July 21, 2015 [–]

The malicious firmware could just omit all that stuff.

I guess the disconnect could be physical/mechanical and require physical intervention to reconnect (but cost, etc.).

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