House Committee to discuss Bill to outlaw Car Hacking

The U.S. House is considering draft legislation that would make accessing a motor vehicle's electronic control unit or critical systems without authorization unlawful and subject to civil penalties up to $100,000 per violation; the bill also proposes tighter privacy limits on automakers and improved NHTSA recall management. The article frames the proposal in the context of prior research by Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller, whose remote takeover of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee led to a 1.4 million vehicle recall, and warns the language could criminalize similar independent security research.