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

Presumably they lack permission to do such a thing.

The researchers only experimented on a car they owned/controlled.

Kliment on July 21, 2015 [–]

The manufacturer presumably has permission to do so. As for the attackers patching vulnerable vehicles, I hadn't thought of that, but of course that's a possibility as well. Pretty much the definition of white hat. :)

maxerickson on July 21, 2015 | [–]

Yeah, it appears they do:

http://www.driveuconnect.com/terms/

(term 17)

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