In your garage or driveway sits a machine with more lines of code than a modern passenger jet. Soon they’ll speak to one another, alert you to sales as you pass your favorite stores, and one day they’ll even drive themselves. While consumers may love the features, hackers may love them even more. In 2019, the automotive cybersecurity company Karamba Security posted a fake vehicle electronic control unit online. Jeep’s parent company, FCA, recalled 1.4 million vehicles to fix the vulnerability.

Source: International New York Times March 18, 2021 09:56 UTC