[New post] Uber hires two security researchers to improve car technology

sskarthik posted: "By Joseph Menn and Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has hired two top vehicle security researchers, the company said on Friday, high-profile additions that come as the ride-hailing service ramps up its work on t" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info Uber hires two security researchers to improve car technology by sskarthik By Joseph Menn and Heather Somerville SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has hired two top vehicle security researchers, the company said on Friday, high-profile additions that come as the ride-hailing service ramps up its work on technology for self-driving cars. Charlie Miller, who had been working at Twitter Inc, and Chris Valasek, who worked at security firm IOActive, have resigned from their jobs and will join Uber next week. Miller and Valasek won wide attention this month after demonstrating that they could hack into a moving Jeep. Read more... sskarthik | August 29, 2015 at 9:17 am | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3hDr Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/uber-hires-two-security-researchers-to-improve-car-technology-4/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com