Web hackers go after cars
20-year-old Omar Ramos-Lopez was arrested and charged with “computer intrusion charges” after immobilizing more than 100 vehicles across Austin, Texas. He wreaked a small amount of havoc on computerized cars across the city simply by hacking into them via his home computer.
John Abell is the New York Bureau Chief for Wired.com and he explains how this crime was so easily perpetrated and why cars are becoming increasingly linked to the Web.
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