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The age of
automotive
hacking is here
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With increased
connectivity, it is
natural that there are
increased threats and
with the customers
rising expectations for
more such advanced
vehicles, the risks are
only going to multiply.
Jon Allen
Principal
Booz Allen and Hamilton
For Dr Hamid Menouar, who heads the Connected Cars research at Qatar
Mobility Innovations Center, the Jeep hack is not surprising. Its a highly
expected turn of events as the technology is not mature yet. Connecting cars
to the internet is still quite new and we are still in the phase of accumulating
experience. We had similar troubles when we first started connecting phones
to the internet, if you remember. Years of research and experience have helped
us make the mobile phone safe and thats what will happen with our cars as
well, he says. Interestingly, the news hasnt caused as much of a stir at QMIC
as it has in the outside world. For us, this doesnt affect the status of things. We
consider this very normal in the cycle of a new technology. And people like the
two researchers who hacked into the Jeep will help us continually find gaps in
the security system. Its an integral part of the quality assurance cycle to test for
and fix problems.