It's decently easy if you have access to the canbus, yes. But getting remote access to the canbus is anything but "extremely easy"
You have to scan networks until the right vin pops up, rewrite the infotainment software to give you a backdoor into canbus, upload the new iso to the infotainment system, do more hacking to get the software to mount your iso to emulate a USB drive to bypass those security features, and then get through the entire update process while all the modems are disabled.
If it was extremely easy it wouldn't have taken the two specialists an entire year to pull off - with physical access. If it was extremely easy mossad would have hacked that nuclear specialists car instead of setting up a remote turret/carbomb. We would hack isis leaders cars instead of dronestriking them. If you still think it's easy I'll send you my vin and give you 10:1 odds on a friendly wager!
Because what it all comes down to is: Putting a few holes in the fuel line and brake line is 10,000x easier.
No, you don't need to rewrite the infotainment software. Most of those systems run some variation of android with security patches from like 2015. You can find easy exploits online right now. If you think that's the hard part I've got some news for you...
The hard part is actually locating and getting access to the system in the first place, not actually hacking it - considering the backdoor access alphabet agencies have.
Shouldn't be too hard though with the might of the US intelligence, especially if you use a SIM card for your internet connection...
In the whitepapers they always end up rewriting at least a portion of the infotainment software. There's not a built in "relay this command from the modem to the canbus" script already in there.
If it were really that easy mossad wouldn't bother with truckbombs and drone strikes, they'd just have every iranian generals truck drive into the nearest bridge abutment.
There's "relay this radio station to the dashboard" or "show the flat tire on the screen" or "show engine readings". All of these can be changed bitwise to send a different canbus message. Once you do that you control the entire car. Even gas, brakes, and gears.
I know this because I've done it personally. Take it as you will.
Regarding mossad, they either don't do it because of whatever reasons, or they do it and you don't hear about it. Maybe they have easier ways. I just know it can be done rather easily, given access.
It's decently easy if you have access to the canbus, yes. But getting remote access to the canbus is anything but "extremely easy"
You have to scan networks until the right vin pops up, rewrite the infotainment software to give you a backdoor into canbus, upload the new iso to the infotainment system, do more hacking to get the software to mount your iso to emulate a USB drive to bypass those security features, and then get through the entire update process while all the modems are disabled.
If it was extremely easy it wouldn't have taken the two specialists an entire year to pull off - with physical access. If it was extremely easy mossad would have hacked that nuclear specialists car instead of setting up a remote turret/carbomb. We would hack isis leaders cars instead of dronestriking them. If you still think it's easy I'll send you my vin and give you 10:1 odds on a friendly wager!
Because what it all comes down to is: Putting a few holes in the fuel line and brake line is 10,000x easier.
No, you don't need to rewrite the infotainment software. Most of those systems run some variation of android with security patches from like 2015. You can find easy exploits online right now. If you think that's the hard part I've got some news for you...
The hard part is actually locating and getting access to the system in the first place, not actually hacking it - considering the backdoor access alphabet agencies have.
Shouldn't be too hard though with the might of the US intelligence, especially if you use a SIM card for your internet connection...
In the whitepapers they always end up rewriting at least a portion of the infotainment software. There's not a built in "relay this command from the modem to the canbus" script already in there.
If it were really that easy mossad wouldn't bother with truckbombs and drone strikes, they'd just have every iranian generals truck drive into the nearest bridge abutment.
There's "relay this radio station to the dashboard" or "show the flat tire on the screen" or "show engine readings". All of these can be changed bitwise to send a different canbus message. Once you do that you control the entire car. Even gas, brakes, and gears.
I know this because I've done it personally. Take it as you will.
Regarding mossad, they either don't do it because of whatever reasons, or they do it and you don't hear about it. Maybe they have easier ways. I just know it can be done rather easily, given access.