"A pair of security experts demonstrated (...) that some ordinary models of cars can be overridden — despite whatever the driver is doing behind the wheel — using a laptop, some software and an old Nintendo Entertainment System gamepad." (...) Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek say they will publish detailed blueprints of techniques for attacking critical systems in the Toyota Prius and Ford Escape in a 100-page white paper, following several months of research they conducted with a grant from the US government. The two “white hats”—hackers who try to uncover software vulnerabilities before criminals can exploit them—will also release the software they built for hacking the cars at the Def Con hacking convention in Las Vegas this week. They said they devised ways to force a Toyota Prius to brake suddenly at 80 miles an hour (128km per hour), jerk its steering wheel, or accelerate the engine. They also say they can disable the brakes of a Ford Escape travelling at very slow speeds, so that the car keeps moving no matter how hard the driver presses the pedal." http://www.livemint.com/Industr... "When people build things based on software, it is built with Intention A. They never think about intention B - which could be all sorts of nefarious purposes." More: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news... - Amira