Washington Post Sinks to New Lows in Write-Up of Death of GOP Rep. Jackie Walorski
(redstate.com)
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Doesn't need to be self driving, FYI. Any remotely modern car will have electronic power steering that is controlled by the ECU. The same with brakes and throttle.
Here is an example from 8 years ago of a Jeep Grand Cherokee being hacked. Fairly certain Cherokees from back then didn't have even lane keeping abilities, much less self driving: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3103431/theyre-back-car-hackers-take-control-of-jeep-s-steering-and-braking.html
Another example of a 2010 Prius and 2010 Ford Escape: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-your-car-is-hackable1/
Biggest difference between then and now? Proliferation of WiFi and Cellular in our vehicles. Those hacks were done locally with a laptop. Now our cars are "online".
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