brakes

Even for semis, the reporter's car wouldn't mean having to slam on the brakes.

I'm not sure if the power brakes or steering are functioning, but the driver is definitely not in full control of the vehicle.

There's something very wrong when you can control the brakes of the vehicle via hacking the infotainment system...

How much are you willing to pay to put the brakes on your competitor and to catch up fast?

Just separate the safety critical network (which include brakes, steering, etc) from the non critical information and entertainment network.

Well, if someone tailgates you, you could just slam on the brakes and let them hit you.

The head unit could say, it's the brakes, so that has to be protected against.

I thought in the article they say he gradually decreased speed, slamming brakes is a completely different story.

No amount of skill is going to save you from human reaction times, or the guy in front of you having superior brakes.

Nobody is suggesting that when the infotainment system plays a Mariah Carey song it will, because of a bug, shut off the brakes.

The story would be different if the researchers slammed the car's brakes.

No, this is only a risk if someone actively attacks the infotainment system and deliberately shuts off the brakes, or triggers an acceleration, or whatever.

Well, consider if I told you there was a way to "cut the brakes" (at a future date, when the car is at speed, etc) on any car you've been in, without any tools needed or evidence left.

The other the receiver does some sanity checking on it, like "you want me to go in P but I'm going at 65, yeah I don't think so" to even it's gotten common place for messages involving the brakes include a shared code back and forth.

And even when those exploits are found, they're being "addressed" with half-assed solutions like requiring an upgrade via USB (never mind that if a remote attacker can hijack the brakes and transmission, of all things, an OTA upgrade should at least be possible).