The Battlestar Galactica had no networked computers for the simple reason that they might allow the Cylons to take control of the ship. You might want to think about that next time you pop in a burned CD into your car's stereo system.
Computer security researchers at UC San Diego and the University of Washington have successfully taken control of a car's computer system by adding extra code to a digital music file that when played changes the car's firmware, thus allowing access to the onboard computer. Such access could potentially allow a hacker to unlock the doors and activate the engine.

Other methods of remotely taking control of a car described in the researchers' paper include Bluetooth and attached cell phones. The music file attack is especially interesting because an

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