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shoeboxam on July 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hackers Remotely Attack a Jeep on the Highway

In addition, being a security researcher doesn't give you a license to put the public in any form of danger! That's why we have private disclosures.

geofft on July 21, 2015 [–]

The researchers did disclose it privately. As always, the believable pressure of public disclosure makes the process work.

https://twitter.com/0xcharlie/status/623492229714313216

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