Researchers Use Text To Hack Corvette
Researchers at the University of California at San Diego have figured out how to control certain features on a car via text.
The group did so by sending a text to a cellular-capable device connected to a 2013 Corvette's OBD-II port.
These ports normally house a dongle used by insurance companies to track vehicle activity or driving
efficiency and then report the findings back to the parent company.
With the Corvette, the group hacked into a device made by Mobile Devices and were
able input both innocuous and dangerous commands, in this scenario turning on the wipers
and cutting the brakes. Mobile Devices has already patched the vulnerability and said
the phone numbers associated with its devices are never public so they would have to be
found using a system capable of "guessing" the correct number, according to Fast Company.
Source: Doug Olenick, editor, SC Magazine (August 11, 2015)