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Student Researcher Studies How to Keep Cars From Being Hacked

In 2015, two researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee being driven by a reporter who documented how the researchers controlled everything from the car’s radio and media console to its brakes and steering. For Dr. Shucheng Yu, an associate professor …

Jeep Flaw Not Reflected in Radios Supplied to Other Automakers, Harman Says

Harman International Industries Inc., the maker of the audio system in the Jeep Cherokee that was hacked remotely, said the software flaw that allowed that incident isn’t in infotainment systems it supplies to other automakers. The U.S. National Highway Traffic …