The Anti-Car-Hacking Gadget?

In December of 2013, US Senator Edward Markey sent a letter to car manufacturers in regards to securing vehicles against cyber-attacks.

There is a $30 hacking kit that can be used to steal BMW cars and there is a $20 gadget that can kill cars.

So far, Markey’s office has not released any information. There are 2 heroes, in my opinion, who can help save the day. In May, I posted an article about Car Hacking, where Dr. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek took on the challenge of reverse engineering two vehicles and doing some real hacking. They will be at this upcoming Black Hat conference in August and though they are going to talk about wireless attack points in vehicles, they are also going to create an anti-hacking device that plugs into an OBD2 port. Why? To basically, openly challenge manufacturers to build one and throw it into their vehicles.