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Auto OEM Harman Buys Security firm TowerSec

ID: f7e76d4f-0491-502b-b377-69976d7e881e

STIX ID: report--f7e76d4f-0491-502b-b377-69976d7e881e

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2016-01-05

Date Updated: 2026-05-08

Author: Paul Roberts

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HARMAN is acquiring TowerSec to integrate vehicle network-protection technology into its 5+1 security architecture after high-profile research demonstrated that HARMAN’s UConnect entertainment system could be exploited to remotely control a 2014 Jeep Cherokee; the acquisition aims to address hardware, network and OTA vulnerabilities in connected and autonomous cars.

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