Car hacking: Being taken for a ride

The FBI and US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), on March 16, issued a bulletin to the effect that motor vehicles are becoming “increasingly vulnerable” to hacking. While this may come as a surprise for car owners in India as hacking is not something that is generally associated with motor vehicles, the vulnerability of today’s motor vehicles stems from technology being used to control almost all aspects of our lives, including cars. Especially as computer