Hacker hacking motor vehicle has become a reality
At a hacker conference Defon 21, a group of independent experts has demonstrated quite simple ways to hack automotive electronic systems. Authors techniques say that if before breaking electronic systems in motor vehicles principally limited to the fact that hackers gained access to information and entertainment systems, now is a question of getting access to the service system, responsible for the work of the major systems in the vehicle - brakes, steering and propulsion .
Authors of the new method, the majority of whom work in the company Cannytophic Design, said that in the future automobile hacks are also common, as well as computer. The hacker, who introduced himself as the Defcon audience Zoz, says he is supported by two well-known security experts - Charlie Miller and Christopher Valacheka for 10 months engaged in burglary of two popular models. According Zoz, in reality, the majority of automotive systems built on the same principle, so in the future high-profile auto-hacks will be performed about once every couple of months.
He also recalled that at Defcon 2010 and 2011 were presentations on breaking cars, but they were few. Now, as the experts expect the situation will change. authors of the method say that they are not well versed in the hardware device cars, all three of them, strictly speaking, hold the car on the driver level, so the trio focused on the software and connectivity filling the car. As test models were chosen Toyota Prius 2010 Ford Escape and 2010. At the conference, it was shown how to use the manipulation of computer systems in cars can lock brakes and turns of the steering wheel, and even turn off the engine while driving. Also there are ways you can handle the fuel level sensor in the tank.
However, hackers say that some hacks on cars really are dangerous. For example, the blocking of the engine is the "death" reception, after which it will be possible to have a car in the service station just after flashing the computer. Next week, the authors of the method promised to place in the open internet access 101 pages of technical documentation, which tells about the break-ins. authors of the method say in the future, cars will be more and more computerized, it carries with it additional security challenges.
The current vehicle controls cracked just enough and have almost no built-in protection mechanisms, whereas in the new-generation systems such protection should appear. Zoz said that the current computers in cars do not protect the work with GPS, distance sensors, cameras, radar, digital compass, internal sensors, fuel pressure and so on. All this, with some technical skill and have some spare time, cracked. "We just publish our findings, we do not want anyone to compromise. Now you have to think about how to prevent such attacks," - said at the Defcon Zoz.
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