Fifty percent of drivers surveyed across the UK and Germany by Veracode and IDC are concerned about the security of connected cars’ driver-aid applications such as adaptive cruise control, self-parking and collision avoidance systems, reflecting an equal level of concern with the safety of the whole vehicle.
For a number of automakers, 2015 was a prime year for learning of vehicle vulnerabilities, yet nearly three-quarters of consumers are not able to recall any instance of car hacking in the past year.