Jim Stone FreelanceA team of hackers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of Washington conducted a study in 2010 which concluded that all cars equipped with antilock brakes sold in the U.S. can be hacked via remote control and have their brakes entirely disabled with the car in motion, throttle revved, and remain fully operational with the key removed and the car in park with all driver input entirely ignored. That this was done all the way back in 2010 only goes to show that this has been possible for a long time, and proves Larry Dever could have been killed the same way Hastings was, that is IF Hastings was not simply murdered beforehand blown up and burned mafia style as I think he was.
I am going to introduce here an entirely new possibility that could have happened. That this University of Washington study proved beyond all doubt that Hastings 2013 Mercedes could have instead been hijacked via remote control, run to full throttle with all driver input disabled, and rammed into a tree./p>
Many people know about GM’s Onstar which maintains an always on cellular internet connection to the heart of the engine control system and has been that way since the 90’s. But few people know about the Federal mandate which in 2005 forced manufacturers to include a similar always on internet connection via the cell network in EVERY car sold in America, Onstar or not. And this team of hackers has proven that a remote connection can indeed allow commandeering of these cars (in their case they used a remote controlled laptop plugged into the OBD port rather than the cell connection) that could be used to turn the car into a murder weapon.
The issue is with all cars that use networked control modules which use the CAN (Controller Area Network) Protocol, which functions in a manner similar to a wired computer network which connects PC’s. Each module in the car, be it the ABS controller, throttle controller, spark controller or even the modern radios, communicate via this network which also integrates with the main engine control unit. If any one of the devices on this network can be hacked (and the team proved that ALL can) it can be used as an insertion point through which total vehicle control can be taken away from the driver and the car operated at the whim of a remote attacker. And the Federally mandated always on cellular internet connection in all cars 2005 and later provides a remote access point through which ANY car can be hacked, provided you are high enough in the government to be priviledged with the ability to use this connection.
There is little doubt Hastings Mercedes had a camera in it somewhere (cameras are super common on high end cars) which would have allowed an attacker to know exactly where Hasting’s car was going, to give a visual of their attack and allow them to see what they were doing when they hijacked his car from a comfy drone desk a thousand miles away and drive it to a perfect crash. I don’t personally think this is how they did it, but the capability is definitely there. WHAT IF?/p>
The CIA favors car accident deaths above all other assassination methods because the plausible deniability factor is so high, and even if all evidence seems to make the driver appear innocent, it’s easy to stop such a defense by blaming drugs or alcohol.
I am sure many readers are tired of people making claims and then producing a lengthy document which only spuriously supports what has been stated in an article. That is NOT the case with this one, it’s ALL IN THERE, Read it and weep. Your car, provided it is new enough, has the potential to be a bona fide murder weapon via the always on internet cell connection.
Here is the original link to the document, and if that mysteriously stops working, I have uploaded it to my own server HERE.
You will discover that particular document to NOT be a waste of time. If whatever you get does not include them taking the car out on an aircraft runway and creating a situation that could have killed the driver, you did not get the real thing.
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The first step in this tech was pushed in the late 80’s to early 90’s but was developed for ALL of the car companies by the same design group in Michigan. 5 men working for the big three in electronic design and engineering integrated the system modules for the parent system written about here. The car control death is more likely than anything else by the nature of the the “acident” and on site end results.Note: the engine and drive train was thrown away from the car and tree impact was at dash depth. Good article about the system. MGK/GDW! PS-so keeping your OLD vehicle and building it up would be a GOOD thing, right?
yep Mark, I still like the old cars that you could set the points with a match book. Remember the old distributer point system? 🙂
I rented a car last year and noticed that it had a button you pushed to just start the car without the need for the keys whatsoever. Needless to say, that frightened me because I knew anyone could hack into it and shut off my ignition or take control of it any time they wanted and the onstar crap that was also equipped to it is worse than a GPS signal. It’s like a homing beacon directly onto your car. Needless to say, I will never buy a car that has these capabilities, as I prefer to have control over my own car than someone else who is not even in the car.
Control Control…It’s all about Control with our government. It pisses me off. I want my freedom back, dammit!