From offlist: On 07/24/2015 01:24 PM, Peter Fairbrother wrote:
Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.4 million cars after Jeep hack
Was just cruising twitter and noticed that @Uconnect is touting the patch for their Chrysler in-car entertainment system. I suspect the lack of 'firewall' between it and the car control circuitry was similar to the problem that caused a China-base Mattel contractor to send lead-painted toys to be included in (was it BK?) 'happy meals' for kids. The problem? What the toy was going to be used for simply wasn't mentioned in the specs delivered to the contractor so they never took it into consideration to use a non-toxic coating. In this case it looks like the in-car entertainment system manufacturer simply wasn't aware of the rest of the circuitry in the vehicle, and it wasn't mentioned by Chrysler, so they never even thought about it. RR