Recently, the chance of occurring organized
crimes become higher as the risk of hacking high tech automobiles rises because
hackers can easily approach the control systems of various vehicles. This fact claim
is proven by the experiment from security engineer Charlie Miller and the
director of security intelligence at IOAcitve, Chris Valasek. They prove that
they can control the vehicles such as Toyota Prius and Ford Escape by their laptops.
Miller says that “automobiles are no longer just mechanical devices,”
emphasizing automobiles in nowadays are the mixture of high tech electronic
control systems with networks. Another ground for the claim is the experiment
from the University of Washington and UC San Diego. Both school’s scholars also
hacked the computer system of high tech automobiles by using wireless
technology in 2011. These events make various carmakers and National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration to seriously concern about traffic safety. The reasonable
rebuttal for this claim has not been made yet but various carmakers tell that
they acknowledge the problem and consider how they can make things better. For
example, the spokesmen from Toyota and Ford say that they are trying to invent
new form of technology that may block the attacks from hackers. However, the European
Union’s law enforcement agency Europol says that there is no guarantee to block
the attack from hackers because “criminals’ knowledge keeps up with the
improvements to the technology.”
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