New study shows just how bad vehicle hacking has gotten

Contrary to popular belief, most car cybersecurity hacks don't even require the hacker to be inside your vehicle. — Dreamstime/TNS

For many people around the world, a large portion of their lives is lived online. They conduct business, maintain personal relationships, manage their money, buy stuff and even get their car news using the Internet.

This has been amazing for convenience, but that convenience has outpaced security, and so we hear about companies being hacked on a near-daily basis. This problem is increasingly spilling over into our vehicles, which have become increasingly attractive targets to hackers as they've gotten more technologically sophisticated.