Connected cars are a security and privacy nightmare.
The NHTSA’s Cybersecurity Best Practices for the Safety of Modern Vehicles was first released back in 2016, but has now been updated with more recent information gathered through agency research, industry voluntary standards, and learnings from the motor vehicle cybersecurity research over the past several years. It also calls on automakers to share information in an effort to team up against hackers who are constantly seeking ways to exploit vehicle security measures.