Hackers took control of a car and crashed it into a ditch by remotely breaking into its dashboard computer from 10 miles away.

In the first such breach of its kind, security experts cut out the engine and applied the brakes on the Jeep Cherokee, sending it into a spin – all while sitting on their sofa.

Link to article

http://www.wired.com/2015/07/hackers-remotely-kill-jeep-highway/

I just heard about that on the radio today and it is scary news in deed kind of bound to happen eventually it is a computer and computers are susceptible to hacking, it's only a matter of time before it becomes the new theft too, there are already some cases of over-riding the remote locking systems to break in and steal even easier and with no damage, then the old mechanical locking systems. On a similar note, several major manufacturers are trying to get legislation passed making it illegal to modify the ECU on your new car for performance or other purposes, they claim you don't own it you just lease it, (in their opinion the software is proprietary and therefore due to the Internet and software laws it is illegal to modify), this is very bad news potentially, they have a large lobby.