Only if you leave it parked outside... Ba-dum-BA-Crash!

I do believe that other oem's will start a similar program to see just how vulnerable their on board systems really are.

FCA has upgraded this to a full recall, not just a recommended update.

Anyone interested in Norton for Vehicles?

@itwilldo, sounds like the best way to go. Who would have ever thought it.

Lol, great story. I bet it just broke down and Fiat is like, "no way, it must have been hacked!"

I bet any other vehicle can be hacked not just fca
This is bs!

Yeah put more computer junk in cars/trucks. There wasn't nothing wrong with hydraulic power steering and a simple throttle peddle cable. Wasn't nothing wrong with buying a much cheaper and better GPS unit and plugging in the power wire. Glad I'm into the part of my life where I can rebuilt older truck to like new, and start using them as my work trucks for much cheaper then buying a brand new truck. Sure they suck a little more gas, but every other part of owning a old truck is cheaper.

Just put aluminum foil in the hub caps to block the hacker radio waves :D

Didn't that work for radar speed traps way back when? :D

@Truckcrazy, the Internet of things strikes again. Next battle is how to put in MY hacks and block theirs! When will my truck tell Mr. DoRight my REAL speed...

Exhibit A why I never saw the point of having a vehicle be a hot spot or hooked to cell service.......

Funny how people only realize how vulnerable we are until something happens, so much for the proactive approach.

As reported today. But story explains, Chrysler was told about this problem with THIER UCONNECT interface sysem back in Oct 2014.
http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/24/technology/chrysler-hack-recall/index.html?iid=surge-stack-dom

NO hints of any of mfg's affected. Just thier unique UCONNECT

Toyota and ford along with bmw have been hacked also
internet and cars it was to be expected

Yeah put more computer junk in cars/trucks. There wasn't nothing wrong with hydraulic power steering and a simple throttle peddle cable. Wasn't nothing wrong with buying a much cheaper and better GPS unit and plugging in the power wire. Glad I'm into the part of my life where I can rebuilt older truck to like new, and start using them as my work trucks for much cheaper then buying a brand new truck. Sure they suck a little more gas, but every other part of owning a old truck is cheaper.

Posted by: johnny doe | Jul 24, 2015 1:46:22 PM

But than they can't charge 70,000 for a 1/2 ton. :-(

IS YOUR FORD VULNERABLE TO HACKERS?

"Stomping on the brakes of a 3,500-pound Ford Escape that refuses to stop–or even slow down–produces a unique feeling of anxiety. In this case it also produces a deep groaning sound, like an angry water buffalo bellowing somewhere under the SUV’s chassis. The more I pound the pedal, the louder the groan gets–along with the delighted cackling of the two hackers sitting behind me in the backseat."
http://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2013/07/24/hackers-reveal-nasty-new-car-attacks-with-me-behind-the-wheel-video/

I am sure they would have a field day with that F150 trailer assist. lol

FCA recall halts hacks.

http://www.autonews.com/article/20150724/VIDEO/307249975/autonews-now-mitsubishi-to-cease-u-s-assembly-seeks-plant-buyer

This is ridiculous.. With all this cyber warfare going on these days the last thing I would want is to have my truck connected to the Internet. Cars and trucks don't need it!

@HEMI V8
That quote from the Forbes writer is indicative of people who don't know how to drive. January 2014, I had a brake line go and lost all service brakes. I was doing 40 in the right lane of a suburban highway (divided 2x2) and coming up to a red light with stopped traffic ahead of me. I was prepared to bail to the right and crash into a snowbank or fence if necessary, but I had one option before that. I kept my cool and applied the parking brake. That brought me to a swift but smooth stop, without putting myself or other vehicles in jeopardy. The important part? I drive an 8000-pound 4-door diesel dually, and probably would have seriously injured or killed someone in front of me if I had kept going forward.

Panicking and repeatedly stomping on a brake pedal that is not working only wastes valuable time. The mechanical parking brake will do the job at almost any legal speed if the tires have traction.

I think Ford is responsible for the FCA hacking. They do anything to stay on top. GM better watch their backs.

Desperate companies do desperate things.

@itwilldo Since Symantec makes POS bloatware nowadays, Norton for Vehicles would probably do more harm than good.

Amazing how quickly FCA was able to ‘fix; the problem. It sounds like a bogus ‘fix’ or FCA-Marchionne knew about it all along and didn’t want to spend (lose/hemorrhage)the money for the ‘fix’.

Do FCA have 1.5M USB drives at the dealerships already? In comparison Apple when they ship and distribute their products (it takes months) other companies have woes in shipping and distribution.

I guess video games, aren't bad at all.

These so called cars and trucks made by Chrysler are a joke. Hemiv8 is a joke. His brand gets hacked and what does he do? He puts up Ford recalls. Just goes to show his ignorance again. How many times is this? What a super loser hemiv8 is. Never seen such ignorance out of one person.

Why bring ford and Gm into the discussion
Only two American owned car companies left
Buy American owned

Under the hood of the U-Connect is none other than QNX by RIM (Blackberry). Ford's Sync/MyTouch is Microsoft's core. GM, Honda, Toyota and others are all using parts of various OpenSource software to build their infotainment systems. As somebody mentioned, more electronics, more troubles like this. The thing is, you can either embrace it, or crawl under a rock and become a luddite. This way *is* coming, it's already here and it's not going anywhere. The key now is for vendors to focus in on security. The fact that FCA hired security experts to help them identify the issue and fix the security hole should be commended. Those who think Ford, GM, Honda, etc. are safe are fooling themselves (when was the last time Microsoft wasn't vulnerable to some security flaw?. The bottom line is we will see more of these type of patches in the future.

What engineer in his right mind connects vital vehicle systems to the radio? The fix for this should be clipping the bus wires from the radio to rest of the vehicle. And what if a thief rips your radio? Does your vehicle not function without a radio?
AM/FM only for me please.

Really, really sad. And no the only fix is not to crawl under a rock. The makers can offer base trucks with no connectivity. Who needs it to haul mulch. Or pull a trailer. Seriously?

I see you can still buy a Silverado WT with no Mylink and no OnStar. Ford apparently installs connectivity in even the XL Why? save money. leave it out.

It does amaze me the engineers connected critical mechanical drive systems to electronic control

This is the beginning..in 3 years every smart but sociopathic high school senior will be able to hijack your trucks.

I wonder if Palo Alto Networks will now branch out and make a next generation firewall to be installed in my RAM truck, bolt it to the existing firewall.

All the car makers can be hacked into, Mazda has been hacked as well.

This case one of the hackers of the jeep used to own that jeep and they used it to learn how to hack into that jeep. Without the ip address of another vehicle they can not repeat what they did.

It is not as simple as getting out their lap top and taking over any vehicle they want.

PUTC posters really need to grow the hell up and stop with all the childish name calling.

It's sad that there are idiots out there with nothing better to do with their time other than wondering on what you are doing behind the wheel of your vehicle.... an unfortunate standard of how some people choose to live these days.

try hacking a 12v haha