Carmakers struggle to hire hackers, the hottest job in the industry

Auto manufacturers hire hackers to infiltrate car computer systems and uncover potentially dangerous flaws that would make them vulnerable to someone with malicious intentions. (Dreamstime)

McConnell Trapp has a special set of skills. He can hack into cars and control aspects of them from his computer. 

Trapp, 39, who has a law degree and speaks Japanese fluently, started hacking cars about 16 years ago. He used a computer, some various vehicle spare parts, a turbocharger and the help of few good friends to increase the 120 horsepower normally found in a 1995 Honda Civic sedan to almost 300 hp.