Fiat Chrysler recalls more than 300000 Dodge Chargers

Separately, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Saturday it is opening a separate investigation into 2.8 million radios built by Harman Kardon worldwide for possible hacking concerns – after Fiat Chrysler last month recalled 1.4 million of them after a Wired report showed that two hackers could take control of a 2014 Jeep Cherokee.

“The supplier didn’t just supply radios to Chrysler but to a lot of other manufacturers”. “Many of our do the job now is looking to find out how common the weakness could be”. The Company is aware of three potentially related injuries, all described as minor, but no accidents.

Join us at GrowthBeat where thought leaders from the biggest brands will share winning growth strategies on August 17-18 in San Francisco. Harman officials were not immediately available for comment. On Thursday, a researcher warned that hackers could exploit a security flaw in a mobile app for General Motors Co’s OnStar vehicle communications system.

In response, Fiat Chrysler said it sealed off a loophole in its internal cellular telephone network with vehicles to prevent similar attacks and issued a voluntary recall.

Mark Rosekind, who was appointed administrator of NHTSA in December stated that launching a recall is the right step to protect fiat Chrysler’s customers and its sets an important precedent for how NHTSA and the industry will respond to cyber-security vulnerabilities.

With the researchers having turned off the engine of the Jeep Cherokee with the help of a wireless connection, the hack has brought the safety of Internet-enabled vehicles under the scanner.

“This is the shot across the bow”. He added that the NHTSA has yet to begin formal investgations on the reported cybersecurity issue of GM.