A Harman Kardon spokesman told SCMagazine.com that the company has informed its other original equipment manufacturer (OEM) customers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of its findings.
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“We do not believe this problem exists in any other vehicle outside of Fiat Chrysler“, Harman Chief Executive Dinesh Paliwal said in an interview with Reuters on Tuesday.
But Paliwal said the radio system that was hacked, with an 8.4-inch touch screen, was developed about five years ago and doesn’t have as many security safeguards as current models.
Harman global Industries Inc, which gives receivers to really Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV, said the hacking risk which typically contributed the carmaker to remember one-.four m cars january felt like an isolated case.
Fiat Chrysler could not be immediately reached for comment.
Apart from Fiat Chysler, Harman’s customers for infotainment systems include BMW, Daimler and Volvo among many others.
Auto entertainment systems provider Harman Kardon said Monday that only Chrysler vehicles were supplied with potentially exploitable infotainment systems, despite the fact that a federal probe has been opened to investigate if the systems were installed in other car brands. Fiat Chrysler said it sealed off a loophole in its internal cellular telephone network with vehicles to prevent similar attacks. “Once you leave the door of the house open, somebody will walk in and they can do whatever they want”, he said.
Harman global Industries, which makes infotainment systems and designs software, on Tuesday reported earnings of $100 million, or $1.37 per share, during its fiscal fourth quarter, up 14 percent from a year ago.
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-With assistance from Shobhana Chandra in Washington.
