“If I’m someone who wants to do harm to [North] America, I forget about the electric grid, I forget about the elections system — I go to your car.”

“If I’m someone who wants to do harm to America, I forget about the electric grid, I forget about the elections system — I go to your car.” said the author of a recent report on hacking the always-on internet connection found in new cars .

The three top-selling car makers in the U.S. — GM, Toyota and Ford — will only sell internet-connected cars by the end of this year.

According to an insider, “Security in the software is no better in the cars than it is in the cellphones.”

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