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Hackers 'could turn off your car engine' while you’re driving
Hackers 'could turn off your car engine' while you’re driving
Hackers could endanger the lives of motorists by turning off their car engines as they drive along, warns a software security firm.
Anti-virus firm McAfee warn that as cars become ever more reliant on computers, wireless systems such as Bluetooth, and software to function, it places them at increasing vulnerability to malicious hacking.
The firm warns that software is embedded in so many car parts now - from airbags and radios to seats and cruise control systems - that cyber-criminals could wreak havoc.
Vulnerable: Thieves could hack into your car's computer systems, something that's easier to do if they gain physical access to it
Earlier this year, researchers demonstrated potential attacks such as opening doors and starting car engines just using text messages - not just in theory, but in practice using several models of car.
Potential attacks include disabling a car remotely, unlocking and starting a car with a mobile phone, tracking a driver’s location, activities and routines, stealing personal data via a Bluetooth system, disrupting sat-nav and disabling emergency assistance, according to its report.