‘Spoofing’ becomes the automotive industry’s latest cyber threat

It is well known that modern vehicles can be remotely hacked, leaving occupants at the mercy of bounty-hunting hackers. This is not an inflammatory statement—various research-led attacks have demonstrated how steering, braking and acceleration can be manipulated from a laptop miles away from the scene. The question many now ask is how increasingly automated vehicles can be protected against nefarious cyber attacks in the wild.