WHO KILLED MICHAEL HASTINGS?

THE AWARD WINNING JOURNALIST, WHO SINGLE HANDED BROUGHT DOWN   General Stanley McChrystal , WHO WAS THE MOST POWERFUL GENERAL IN THE ARMY, DIED A VIOLENT AND GRUESOME, IF NOT MYSTERIOUS DEATH. HASTING'S SHORT BUT ACCOMPLISHED CAREER  CAME TO AN ABRUPT END IN THE FORM OF A VERY HIGH SPEED EXPLOSIVE CRASH.    THE RUNAWAY GENERAL - ROLLING STONE)

CAN THE CIA REMOTELY CONTROL YOUR CAR BY HACKING ON BOARD COMPUTERS? THE ANSWER IS AN UNEQUIVOCAL 'YES'. ALL MODERN CARS HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE HACKED. THE MORE SOPHISTICATED THE CAR THE  MORE CONTROL A HACKER WILL HAVE, INCLUDING STEERING, BRAKES AND ACCELERATION. MICHAEL HASTINGS TOLD FRIENDS HE WAS WORKING ON THE BIGGEST CIA SCANDAL OF HIS CAREER.  HIS FRIENDS SAY HE DROVE LIKE AN OLD LADY. WHY WAS HE GOING 140 mph? REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE CIA KILLED HIM OR NOT IT'S STILL DAUNTING TO THINK THAT THE SHINNY NEW CAR SITTING IN YOUR DRIVEWAY COULD BE PROGRAMMED TO KILL YOU BY YOUR OWN GOVERNMENT!
Currently, there’s nothing to stop anyone with malicious intent and some ­computer-programming skills from taking command of your vehicle. After gaining access, a hacker could control everything from which song plays on the radio to whether the brakes work. It gets worse. In a paper that’s due to be published later this year, those same researchers remotely take control of an unnamed vehicle through its telematics system. They also demonstrate that it’s  possible to hack a car with malware embedded in an MP3 and with code transmitted over a Wi-Fi connection. Such breaches are possible because the dozens of  independently operating computers on modern vehicles are all connected through an in-car communications network known as a controller-area-network bus, or CAN bus. Even though vital systems such as the throttle, brakes, and steering are on a separate part of the network that’s not directly connected to less secure infotainment and diagnostic systems, the two networks are so entwined that an entire car can be hacked if any single component is breached.
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In the video below, Dr. Kathleen Fisher, a DARPA program manager, talks about the ability to hack into car computer systems. She explains how it is possible to remotely control modern cars through Bluetooth and smart phone technology.

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