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09-21-2019, 09:34 AM
Filed under: Safety (https://www.autoblog.com/category/safety/),Technology (https://www.autoblog.com/category/tech/),Infotainment (https://www.autoblog.com/category/infotainment/)
https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims3/GLOB/crop/3500x1969+0+92/resize/800x450!/format/jpg/quality/85/https://media-mbst-pub-ue1.s3.amazonaws.com/creatr-images/2019-09/5f8dd7d0-dc70-11e9-9f97-5c54ee476802 When researchers remotely hacked a Jeep Cherokee in 2015, slowing it to a crawl in the middle of a U.S. highway, the portal the hackers used was an infotainment system made by supplier Harman International. Harman, now part of Samsung Electronics , has since developed its own cybersecurity product, and bought Israel-based cybersecurity company TowerSec for $70 million to help it overhaul manufacturing processes and scrutinize third-party supplier software. The expensive efforts haveContinue reading How a hacked Jeep Cherokee led to increased security from cyber carjackers (https://www.autoblog.com/2019/09/21/hacked-jeep-cherokee-cyber-security-hackers/)
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