VIDEO: Hackers remotely take control of moving vehicle with frightening ease

This is scary!

With technology within modern vehicles becoming more and more dependant on the internet WIRED.com decided to show how easy it is to hack them.

Using a 2014 Jeep Cherokee as their subject, hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek demonstrate how the can hack into the vehicle through its entertainment system. From there they can remotely take control of the steering wheel, cut the brakes, turn on the windscreen wipers and even shut down the engine.

They decided to show off their powers during a live test in St Louis, as the host Andy Greenberg drives 70mph down the highway. The hackers, based ten miles away, tell Andy “no matter what happens, don’t panic” - but after seeing this we might panic a little.

The guys were kind enough to forward their work to Chrysler, so that they could develop a patch to prevent such hacks and they plan to present how they did it at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas next month.

The video should hopefully push vehicle manufacturers to get their houses in order because it is only a matter of time before hackers figure them out again.

Let’s fact it, they love a challenge.

Hat tip: WIRED.com