Could driverless cars be hacked? IET issues warning

Driverless cars are just around the corner, with the UK government putting up £10 million (around $15.6 million) for cities to pilot trials as soon as next year, but the country’s Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) today issued stern warnings about the security of the technology.

Mashable reports that Hugh Boyes of the IET stated that software had to become more reliable and robust before the technology becomes mainstream.  He said, “Recent reports analyzing software show that 98 percent of applications have serious defects and in many cases there were 10-15 defects per application. If ultimately you want to use autonomous vehicles, we need to make sure they don’t have a defect.”

Could driverless cars be hacked? IET issues warning