Car hacking: Navigating the regulatory landscape. Issue 2 (April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Schellekens, Maurice
• Is Part Of: Computer law & security review. Volume 32:Issue 2(2016)
• Page Start: 307
• Page End: 315
• Publication Date: 2016-04
• Subjects: Cyber security -- Type approval regulation -- Hacking -- Automotive; Computers -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Computer security -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Data protection -- Law and legislation -- Periodicals; Computer security -- Law and legislation; Computers -- Law and legislation; Data protection -- Law and legislation; Electronic commerce -- Law and legislation; Periodicals; 343.0999
• DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2015.12.019
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2212-473X

Abstract

Abstract: In the summer of 2015, two American hackers succeeded in hacking into a car and taking over vital functions such as the engine and the brakes. Although this had been done before, the new element of the hack was that it no longer required physical access to the car. The hack took place at a distance via the mobile telephone network. This is a worrying development. It raises the question whether automobile manufacturers are doing enough to counter cyber security threats and, if that is not the case, whether a regulatory intervention is necessary and, if so, how to fashion regulation.