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vehicles, vehicle components, and aftermarket devices to maintain awareness of potential issues and
cybersecurity threats related to connected vehicle technologies in modern vehicles.
The FBI bases its warning on past successful hacks on various cars that featured inter-connected and internetconnected systems. The hackers gained remote control over critical systems, such as disabling breaks, shutting
down engines, tampering with steering, and even tampering with door locks and turn signals at high speeds.
Warning consumers to update their vehicles firmware whenever manufacturers make updates available, the FBI
also urged caution when using third-party devices that connect to in-vehicle systems.
While manufacturers attempt to limit the interaction between vehicle systems, wireless communications, and
diagnostic ports, these new connections to the vehicle architecture provide portals through which adversaries may
be able to remotely attack the vehicle controls and systems, warns the advisory. Third-party devices connected to
the vehicle, for example through the diagnostics port, could also introduce vulnerabilities by providing connectivity
where it did not exist previously.
Consumers who already own such vehicles are also encouraged to take minimum security precautions by adhering
to the following checklist:
Verify any recall notices received by following the steps for determining whether a vehicle has been recalled for
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