Chris Valasek, the Director of Vehicle Research at IOActive speaks with Security Ledger Editor in Chief Paul Roberts about his recent research on vulnerabilities in late model vehicles by Chrysler. Valasek and his partner Charlie Miller recently demonstrated a way to take control of a Jeep Cherokee wirelessly using software based attacks.
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