Leveraging Knowledge to Manage Your Data Risks
Jeep/Fiat has been sued by a putative class alleging that they were harmed as a result of researchers’ ability to hack into a Jeep and take control of it. Jeep/Fiat filed a motion to dismiss, stating that the owners suffered no harm.
The Jeep/Fiat owners have fired back stating that they have been harmed because…
Fiat Chrysler asked a federal court in Illinois last week to dismiss the proposed class action against it, asserting that inadequate security puts vehicles at risk for hacking after two security researchers were able to take control of a Jeep Cherokee and wrote about it in Wired magazine.
Fiat stated that it patched the vulnerability…
Late last week, Fiat filed a Motion to Dismiss the proposed class action against it following reports of hacking into vehicle information systems and its announcement that it was recalling 1.4 million Dodge, Ram and Jeep vehicles in order to install a software patch. The National Highway Traffic Safety Commission is investigating.
The Motion contends…
