"Hacking Connected Cars to Gridlock Whole Cities"

Internet-connected cars are more vulnerable to being hacked and disabled. A study conducted by a team of  physicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Multiscale Systems Inc. looked into the effects that a large-scale hack on Internet-connected vehicles could have on traffic flow in a city. The study brings further attention to the physical consequences that could occur when cars are compromised by hackers. This article continues to discuss the study and its findings, along with some ideas as to how the potential damage inflicted by hacked connected cars could be reduced. 

Homeland Security News Wire reports "Hacking Connected Cars to Gridlock Whole Cities"