In the upcoming weeks, General Motors will bring researchers, some of whom are professional computer hackers, to Detroit to offer them a bounty or cash payment for each “bug” they uncover in any GM vehicles’ computer systems.
The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety urged the U.S. Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation to include a discussion on the need for protections against vehicle hacking.
U.S. transportation regulators and others grappled with planning and mitigating for a large-scale, potential cyber security attack on self-driving vehicles.
