A Future Car May Be Protected From Hacking By Software Developed in San Antonio (audio)

Someone looking to hack into your car probably isn’t trying to steal from your bank account…but the results could be far more damaging. … ‘If you can exploit an update system, it is like the golden entryway,’ says NYU Professor of Engineering Justin Cappos. Mott, Cappos and their research teams, which includes NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering, the University of Michigan and SwRI, are asking white hat –or ethical — hackers to tear their anti-hacking protection apart and find vulnerabilities.