Podcast: Interview with Car Hacker Chris Valasek of IOActive

Researchers Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller demonstrated remote wireless attacks against late-model Fiat Chrysler vehicles by reverse-engineering the UConnect head unit and pivoting to the internal CAN bus to control critical functions such as acceleration, braking, and steering; the work highlighted a low barrier to such attacks in modern connected cars and led to a recall of 1.4 million vehicles.