From: Overdrive
The University of Michigan made news in August 2016 when researchers at a conference presented results from their experiments with the vulnerability of big rigs’ electronic systems. As reported in Wired magazine ahead of the conference, researchers plugged into a 2006 tractor’s OBD II port and largely commandeered the truck’s internal network. In this hack simulation, researchers “were able to do everything from change the readout of the truck’s instrument panel, trigger unintended acceleration, or to even disable one form of the semi-trailer’s brakes.”
The experiment followed previous high-profile researcher hacks of consumer vehicles, exploiting vulnerabilities in the cars’ over-the-air-connected infotainment systems. Researchers were able to disable acceleration, brakes and more in a Jeep Cherokee.
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