{"id":136,"date":"2015-03-19T15:11:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/2015\/03\/19\/5m-data-hacking-suit-against-automakers-in-texas\/"},"modified":"2015-03-19T15:11:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T15:11:00","slug":"5m-data-hacking-suit-against-automakers-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/5m-data-hacking-suit-against-automakers-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"$5M Data Hacking Suit Against Automakers in Texas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Dallas trial lawyer has filed suit in California against\u00a0Toyota, Ford and GM because the vehicle&#8217;s software is easily hacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suit claims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The automakers failed to ensure the basic electronic security of their vehicles<\/li>\n<li>The electronic security can be hacked by anyone<\/li>\n<li>The easy hack allows a person, who is not the driver, to \u00a0take control of the basic functions of the vehicle<\/li>\n<li>The vehicles thereby endanger the safety of the driver and others<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Case No. 4:15-cv-01104-DMR<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/setexasrecord.com\/news\/302191-dallas-lawyer-brings-5m-class-action-against-ford-gm-toyota-alleges-autos-are-easily-hacked\"><em>Southeast Times Record<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dallas trial lawyer has filed suit in California against\u00a0Toyota, Ford and GM because the vehicle&#8217;s software is easily hacked.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The suit claims:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The automakers failed to ensure the basic electronic security of their vehicles<\/li>\n<li>The electronic security can be hacked by anyone<\/li>\n<li>The easy hack allows a person, who is not the driver, to \u00a0take control of the basic functions of the vehicle<\/li>\n<li>The vehicles thereby endanger the safety of the driver and o&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-data-privacy","category-legal-trend","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}