Harman calls software flaw that allowed FCA hacking an isolated case

THE MOTOR CITY (Bloomberg) -- Harman International Industries Inc., the manufacturer of the speakers in the Jeep Cherokee that was hacked remotely, mentioned the computer software defect that let that event is not in info-tainment methods it provides to other auto makers.
The Nhtsa requested Harman for info on different audio systems which may be exposed to hacking, within an investigation opened July 2-9.
Fiat Chrysler on July 24 announced a recall of approximately 1.4 million automobiles to upgrade radio applications.
"This experimental hack is exceptional to Chrysler," Dinesh Paliwal, Chief Executive Officer of Stamford, Conn.-centered Harman, stated in an interview Tuesday. "This doesn't exist, to our evaluation, in another vehicle."
Fiat Chrysler's recall associated with the radios was the primary proper vehicle security effort in response to some cybersecurity risk.
NHTSA continues to be under fire from Congress for not catching flaws more rapidly, following the business last yr set a record with 6 4 million vehicles called back for repairs.
Harman and its own rivals provide infotainment technologies and techniques to the auto makers, which alter them to satisfy their clients, Paliwal stated. For much more high-priced vehicles, the auto makers make more changes. The Jeep hack was tracked to some loophole in the the inner mobile network that exhibited the car control region network, identified as a can-bus, he explained.
Open door
"Once folks get in the vehicle and enter the can-bus, you then can begin to mimic and screw up several, several points in the vehicle," Paliwal stated. "It really is like having total security in your own home and leaving the doorway open."
In the Jeep event, applications programmers could seize charge of a Cherokee sport-utility car while it had been driven on a Missouri highway. The hackers got in through the sport utility vehicle's Uconnect infotainment program.
NHTSA stated the Harman inquest "has been started to get info in the provider of Chrysler U-Connect models to ascertain the type and extent of likenesses in other infotainment services and products supplied to other vehicle makers. ''If adequate similarities exist, the probe will analyze whether there is cause for worry that security problems exist in other Harman Kardon items.''
Harman on Tuesday also noted fiscal fourth quarter gain of $1.37 a share, surpassing the $1.31 common of analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg. The business 's shares rose 2.6% to $112.81 at 11:02 a.m. in Nyc. The stock increased 3 percent in 2013 through Monday.
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