Hackers run to the rescue of FCA to plug the leaks

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (Fca) "assumes hackers." As it will also make Autonews.com reports, FCA, first among the generalist manufacturers, scalded by the case it happened a year ago, when the two hacker Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek took remote control of a Jeep Cherokee driven at that time by a journalist.

The action, purely demonstrative, took the leadership of the group to take countermoves; hence the idea of offering rewards ranging from 150 to $ 1,500 to anyone who is able to point out weaknesses in the software of its vehicles through the special program on bugcrowd.com site. It does so for some time even the Tesla, which, however, is more generous seen that pays $ 100 to $ 10,000. And rightly so, since so far it seems to have paid well 132 "reports".

Therefore, by bounty program, which serves to remunerate "insiders" that help businesses to identify any flaws in software, these "specialists" will control the Uconnect infotainment system, similar to that through which it was possible to hack the Jeep Cherokee . "Many people had already contacted us via the customer care for reports of this kind," said the senior manager for information security FCA Titus Melnyk. "The bounty program is a nicer and official way for us to say what we want."