[Rantenki]

This is hardly a new problem though. Thieves used to be able to pull the wires from under the steering column and start a car.

For the more serious attacks mentioned, the automakers are essentially saying that they build extremely vulnerable systems and are afraid to disclose that fact.

I suspect we're in violent agreement though, that the correct outcome is to fix the vulnerabilities AND to document the repair methods.

[zaroth]

Extremely vulnerable is a mischaracterization. Read up on how the CANBUS attack works, it’s actually quite sophisticated.

It’s the “evil maid” problem, and it’s extremely difficult to protect against, such that you pay huge premiums to get equipment hardened against these types of attacks.