After the attack, hackers Chrysler sends summons to 1.4 million car owners – Gazeta.pl

Chrysler sends the call service to 1.4 million owners, whose cars can be vulnerable to remote takeover by hackers.

Before in our magazine wrote about the two hackers Charlie Miller and Chris Valaseku who managed remotely take control of a Jeep Cherokee. Steered his air-conditioning, radio, wipers, they cut off the ignition while driving on the highway, suddenly joined, and then completely de-activated brakes, changed gears, and even performed maneuvers. All this is done straight from a laptop. This attack was made possible thanks to the Uconnect system in new cars fitted as Chrysler (more about him HERE ) and then we thought that the difficulty can be “only” 471 000 vehicles.

Two patch

The attacks on the Uconnect cars were made possible only by the US Sprint’s cellular network to which vehicles are connected. Patching gaps in security therefore requires a firmware update in the car and to block access from the operator.

Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek intended to show some code that allows remote takeover of the car at the upcoming Black Hat conference in Las Vegas. Experts have expressed satisfaction that this time gap may already be patched.

“It seems that there can no longer connect to my house with Charlie’s Jeep. Good job FCA / Sprint!”

What kind of cars are at stake?

Call Service will receive the owners of the following models:

– 2013-2015 MY Dodge Viper

– 2013-2015 Ram 1500, 2500 and 3500 pickup

– 2013-2015 Ram 3500, 4500, 5500

– 2014-2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee and Cherokee SUV

– 2014-2015 Dodge Durango SUV

– 2015 MY Chrysler 200, Chrysler 300 and Dodge Charger sedans

– 2015 Dodge Challenger sports coupe

[For: Wired]