Experts have no confidence that we can protect next-gen streets and cars from hackers
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/vehicle-to-infrastructure-internet-connected-roads-security-gao-survey/ Our cars are quickly transforming into 5,000-pound computers with wheels--one of the most dangerous weapons a hacker can attack. The streets themselves will soon connect to the Internet in networks called V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), which carry significant transportation and safety benefits but also offer more targets for hackers. Can the networks be protected from attacks that might track vehicles or steal personal information? Security is the foremost challenge for the emerging V2I technology, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) survey of government experts, academics, and industry specialists. Fewer than half of the experts surveyed said that it would be possible to develop a secure system. - - - Don't worry, lowest cost bidding will ensure safe and secure systems, as always. And government can be trusted never to leak, expose, or abuse data and control over associated systems and vehicles. Right? RIGHT? Hello? Anyone out there? --Lauren-- Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren Founder: - Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org - PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com/privacy-info Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy Lauren's Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com Google+: http://google.com/+LaurenWeinstein Twitter: http://twitter.com/laurenweinstein Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com _______________________________________________ pfir mailing list http://lists.pfir.org/mailman/listinfo/pfir
