How Safe Are Cars From Hackers?

It’s an issue that the computer and Internet technology industry has been fighting for years: Hackers trying to gain access to your PC or the network of a major corporation with nefarious intentions such as extracting ransom from users after seizing data.

However, as vehicles become more laden with technology and increasingly connected to the Internet, could they also become targets?

Two leading security experts believe that your car, which is for the most part unsecured against hacking, will attract the attention of criminals in the not too distant future.

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  • Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Hard pass.
  • Lou_BC By the author's own admission, "It’s a bit of a shame that I didn’t have a chance to take the 2023 Ford F-150 Raptor R I tested off road", why post photos of it offroad?
  • SilverCoupe My wife had wanted one of these, but I influenced her to get a "big" car instead, a Mini Cooper S. I found the Abarth too rough riding, though the one we test drove had had its suspension modified by its owner.
  • SPPPP I am not thrilled for the inevitable false positives. Though that's certainly better than false negatives in the abstract - but people are supposed to be paying attention anyway. Seems like one more step toward a robotic, commoditized future. Bleh.
  • SPPPP I like it, though price seems a bit high, especially for an automatic. But it's in CA, so it's probably par for the course.