Americans Concerned About Cybersecurity of Self-Driving Cars

Many Americans are concerned about potential cyber risks to self-driving cars, though the public is more comfortable with the industry’s overall safety than in the past, Morning Consult polling shows. … Justin Cappos, a systems and security professor at the New York University Tandon School of Engineering, said the inherent vulnerabilities in most connected devices — including autonomous vehicle technology — shouldn’t necessarily influence consumers’ opinions about the safety of driverless cars.