Cybersecurity
Fiat Chrysler Offers Patch After Hackers Commandeer Jeep
Scary: Hackers Take Over Moving Car
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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is offering a software patch to close a loophole that let two hackers take control of a moving Jeep sport utility vehicle in an incident spotlighting the vulnerability of connected autos.
The company responded a day after Wired magazine published a story about the software programmers who were able to take over a Jeep Cherokee being driven on a Missouri highway. Fiat Chrysler said in a statement that it’s not aware of any real-world unauthorized remote hack into any of its vehicles.