Security News > 2020 > January > Connected Cars Moving Targets for Hackers

As cars evolve into rolling mobile computers, the potential for disastrous cyber attacks has become a new road hazard.

New car models are packed with computer chips, sensors and mobile technology that hackers could exploit to sabotage systems or commandeer controls.

Opportunities for attacks are being revved up by the trend of self-driving, electric cars communicating in real-time with the cloud, smart city infrastructures, and one another.

Last year in Chicago, dozens of luxury cars were stolen by hacking Daimler's Car2Go app.

Since cars in model lines share engineering specifications, they share system vulnerabilities by design.

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