The Daily Dose

Want to know what terror in the mid-21st Century could be like? “As the two hackers remotely toyed with the air-conditioning, radio, and windshield wipers, I mentally congratulated myself on my courage under pressure. That’s when they cut the transmission.” Wired’s report about how hackers took (planned) control of a journalist’s Jeep Cherokee using a software vulnerability is a frightening look at a major risk we’ll have to face in the coming years as our vehicles become ‘smarter.’ The issue in this case affects Chrysler vehicles from late 2013 onwards that feature the company’s Uconnect software. A patch to fix the problem is being rolled out,…

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