Cyber a Growing Topic in Vehicle Security

By Joe Gould 4:35 p.m. EDT August 25, 2015

WASHINGTON — When security flaws allowed a Jeep Cherokee to be hacked and remotely controlled earlier this month, the US Army took notice, according to a lead acquisitions official.

The hack was a hot topic at a recent ground vehicle systems engineering and technology symposium, according to Kevin Fahey, director of system of systems engineering and integration in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.

"I was pleasantly surprised that the government guys and the industry guys were talking about cyber, because if you can take over a truck, God forbid you take over a tank," Fahey said, speaking at the National Defense Industrial Association's tactical wheeled vehicle conference Tuesday

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