DARPA Hacks GM's OnStar To Remote Control A Car

DARPA can hack your car now? Uh oh, if you have OnStar, you'd better start wrapping your car in tinfoil.

According to the report, which is scant on technical details, DARPA engineers dialed in through the Impala's OnStar system, transmitted a data packet that confused the internal computers, and then planted a malicious bit of code that allowed it to reprogram control systems on the ECU.

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