Senators: Voluntary Efforts Won't Protect Cyber Threats to Cars

摘要

The voluntary cybersecurity guidance unveiled by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration on Oct. 24 is inadequate to protect the safety and data security of American drivers, Sens. Edward J. Markey (D., Mass.) and Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) say. "This new cybersecurity guidance from the Department of Transportation is like giving a take-home exam on the honor code to failing students," Sens. Markey and Blumenthal said in a statement. "If modern day cars are computers on wheels, we need mandatory standards, not voluntary guidance, to ensure that our vehicles cannot be hacked and lives and information put in danger."