Why are there so many electronic systems in modern cars? These systems only make new cars more expensive to buy and to fix. Why can't a company build a purely mechanical old fashioned automobile, using modern technology and materials to increase precision of the design for improved efficiency? If the car companies eliminated all the super complicated electronic garbage, then a hacker would not be able to remotely disable the vehicles like this guy allegedly did in Austin.
More than 100 Austin car buyers had their vehicles disabled or triggered to continuously honk after police said a former employee hacked into the company’s account.
Police said the terminated Texas Auto Center employee accessed the computer system to disable the online account that allows the company to deactivate the starters and activate the horns and GPS of many of the vehicles.
Source: WISH-TV 8
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