CNN Most Trusted Name in News Finally Admits Cars are Hackable, No Mention of HastingsShep Ambellas There are lots of computers in your car and they all have to talk to each other [] so is what we did is we figured out how they talked to each other and then we pretended we were various pieces of the car and told the other pieces to do things, said one of the hackers during the interview. In one instance the hackers were able to tell the car that they were the mechanic and that they wanted to bleed the brakes, causing the car not to stop, they told CNN. Another test shows that the hackers were even able to crank the steering wheel hard to the left (remotely) while the vehicle was being driven down the road at 40 MPH. So far the tests have shown that hackers have to be physically jacked into the cars computer to take control. However, some are now questioning more modern vehicle platforms, like Teslas, which are connected to a wireless network via ATT or other mobile means. Despite consumer concerns, some car manufactures seem to be on the ball as some are planning sophisticated firewalls on future productions. Youtuber Mark Dice, who reported on car hacking a year ago, couldnt resist chiming in on the subject going on to mention the late journalist Michael Hastings may have been car hacked, as his car was found exploded into a fireball on a California street with the engine fully removed from the vehicles chassis. And heres DARPA discussing how easy it is to hack cars, video from over two years ago: Just dont mention Michael Hastings. We dont want to sound like conspiracy theorists, Dice said, poking fun at CNN, who Dice refers to as the Communist News Network Related selfnews Post Article: Shepard Ambellas is the founder and editor-in-chief of Intellihub News and the maker of SHADE the Motion Picture. You can also find him on Twitter and Facebook. Shepard also appears on the Travel Channel series America Declassified. 