Self Driving Autonomous Cars - Are We Prepared?

This will be my last

Post

on this subject.

I will probably

Re-post

some of my older stories

but I probably won't comment again until I can say

"I Told You So!"

What I am talking about is the

Self Driving Autonomous Cars.

They are coming,

no doubt about it.

But my question is,

"Are we prepared?"

I have been saying for years,

"Given enough time, any computer system can be Hacked!"

Countries do it to each other all the time.

Businesses do it to each other.

And of course we have the

Black Hat Hackers

who do it for a living!

Chinese Hackers Took Control Of NASA Satellite For 11 Minutes

By Matthew Humphries 11.19.2011 :: 11:05AM EDT @mthwgeek 

"Well, China not only has people working on such things, it has been discovered they actually managed to take control of two NASA satellites for more than 11 minutes. The successful attacks occurred in 2007 and 2008. The more serious of the two happened in ’08 when NASA had control of the Terra EOS earth observation system satellite disrupted for 2 minutes in June, and then a further 9 minutes in October. During that time, whoever took control had full access to the satellites’ systems, but chose to do nothing with it."

Chinese Hack U.S. Weather Systems, Satellite Network

By Mary Pat Flaherty, Jason Samenow, and Lisa Rein November 12, 2014 for the Washington Post 

"Hackers from China breached the federal weather network recently, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and scores of other crucial uses, officials said. The intrusion occurred in late September but officials gave no indication that they had a problem until Oct. 20, said three people familiar with the hack and the subsequent reaction by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which includes the National Weather Service. Even then, NOAA did not say its systems were compromised."

And not to be outdone.

The Stuxnet Attack On Iran's Nuclear Plant Was Far More Dangerous Than Previously Thought

By Michael B Kelley Nov. 20, 2013, 12:58 PM For Business Insider

"The Stuxnet virus that ravaged Iran's Natanz nuclear facility "was far more dangerous than the cyberweapon that is now lodged in the public's imagination," cyber security expert Ralph Langer writes in Foreign Policy. Stuxnet, a joint U.S.-Israel project, is known for reportedly destroying roughly a fifth of Iran's nuclear centrifuges by causing them to spin out of control." 

 Did you notice the

Dates

on these stories?

Do you really believe that the

Cyber Espionage

has ended?

 The

Cyber Bomb

of the future will be to take over the

GPS Satellite

controlling the

Self Driving Autonomous Cars

making these vehicles turn into each other,

drive off a cliff,

or drive into a body of water!

Nothing too serious,

unless you are in one of these vehicles.

They will not be safe until the whole world has to use them.

This is,

My Final Warning,

Jim Hauenstein,

And,

“Ethical hacking!! Is it not an oxymoron?”
- Ankala V Subbarao -

That is my story and I am sticking to it!

 

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