Fiat Chrysler recalling unprecedented 1.4m cars due to hacking threat

Yikes. Fiat Chrysler announced on Friday that it’s recalling 1.4 million automobiles due to concerns about their software security. The announcement comes just days after hackers demonstrated a terrifying hack of a Jeep that was driving down the highway at 70 miles per hour. BACKGROUND: Hackers take over a Jeep driving down the highway at 70 mph The company says that it’s also “applied network-level security measures to prevent the type of remote manipulation demonstrated in a recent media...