Car computers at risk as viruses go mobile
Scare tactics? Or valid concern about Bluetooth connected devices?
A Reuters newswire article, via MSNBC Technology, reports that:
Here's a new excuse for not getting to work on time on a Monday morning: My car caught a virus.
Car industry officials and analysts say hackers' growing interest in writing viruses for wireless devices puts auto computer systems at risk of infection.
As carmakers adjust on-board computers to allow consumers to transfer information with MP3 players and mobile phones, they also make their vehicles vulnerable to mobile viruses that jump between devices via the Bluetooth technology that connects them.
posted by Fergie @ 7/29/2005 08:17:00 AM
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