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Story: Security firm probes reports of car viruses

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Posted by: Samuel (Wednesday 26 January 2005, 3:34 PM)

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This is where people must draw the line, infecting a computer and costing a company something they can afford to loose - money is one thing. But messing with a car which can cost a user and those around them their life is quite another.

There must be a stern penalty for those that write viruses for automobiles, imagine if it infected a plane or and train.

I thought viruses were supposed to be created to highlight the vunerability in a software product. Viruses like these are just made to cause havock, at the very least they should be reported first and not compiled and let loose.

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