Remote telematics hacking studied at University of Michigan

If you have read any of the headline stories about the trio of researchers from the University of Michigan who successfully hacked into the J1939 databus of a 2006-model-year truck, you might now believe that it’s discouragingly easy. While the researchers did manage to seize control of the truck’s throttle and engine brake controls, they used a laptop computer connected directly to the truck’s dataport (OBD port) to pull off their experiment.

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