Originally published at: http://boingboing.net/2016/08/02/big-rigs-can-be-hijacked-and-d.html
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I may never live long enough to figure out who the rascals were that Skynet sent back in time to convince automakers to replace physical accelerator cables with hackable software-based drive-by-wire technology. “Uncommanded acceleration” should never have been a thing.
We’re gonna have one hell of a time keeping our GoogleCars safe from the black hats, aren’t we?
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Where are those Maximum Overdrive gifs when I need them?
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There are some good ones out there…
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This is a good thing. Truckers have unhealthy lifestyles and now they can work from home!
Good food, family, exercise…
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Yeah, they made that cheezy movie several times.
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Wake me up when they can make a bus do this
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Sign me up for when playing Truck Simulator is a paying job and not just an occasional amusement.
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Wasn’t this a Steven King novel?
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shit you stole my thought before I had it! 
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The first large scale cyberwar, if it ever happens, is going to be very, very ugly. Probably much worse than a single nuclear bomb blast. Which is why as far as I understand, the US puts cyberwar, and nuclear attack, in the hands of the President.
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Short story, but otherwise, yeah!
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Some might call it “hijacking” - others might call it democracy.
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Relax people. They had physical access to the diagnostic port during the “hijack”.
This is in no way like the actually frightening vulnerability that caused Jeep / Chrysler to recall a million and a half vehicles.
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Why aren’t these hackers behind bars? Also, do they still say “big rig?”
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