Less than a year on, America has all but forgotten the epic Jeep hack
by Cory Doctorow from on (#16D88)
Last summer, security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek were so alarmed at the terrible state of information security in cars that they demo'ed a hack that let them take over Chrysler Jeep Cherokees over the public Internet, controlling the steering and the brakes and the acceleration. (more")