Remote Exploitation Of An Unaltered Passenger Vehicle At The Black Hat Conference

Charlie Miller, security researcher for Twitter Inc. and a former NSA hacker, left, speaks as Chris Valasek, director of vehicle security research at the consultancy IOActive, listens during a presentation about a remote exploitation of a passenger vehicle demonstration at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015. Features that buyers now expect in most modern automobiles, such as driving directions and restaurant guides, count on a constant connection to a telecommunications network. But that link also makes cars vulnerable to security invasions like those that threaten computers in homes and businesses. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images