Auto industry cyber security group hires Boeing veteran

(Reuters) - The organization that automakers in the United States created to cope with cyber security threats said on Wednesday it has hired a former Boeing Co executive as its leader. Faye Francy, who most recently was head of the aviation industry's cyber security clearinghouse, known as the Aviation-ISAC, will take over the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center, or Auto-ISAC. Automakers use the Auto-ISAC to share certain information about cyber security threats and countermeasure