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Fiat Chrysler announces recall after hackers gain control of moving car   

BY Daniel Costa-Roberts (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/author/robertsd/)   July 25, 2015 at 4:55 PM EDT
The Jeep logo is seen on the steering wheel of a 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee at a car dealership in New Jersey, July 24, 2015. Fiat Chrysler will recall 1.4 million vehicles in the United States to install software to prevent hackers from gaining remote control of the engine, steering and other systems. Photo by Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles announced a voluntary recall of roughly 1.4 million vehicles Friday in response to an incident earlier in the week in which hackers demonstrated that they could take control of one of the company's cars using the Internet (http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/hacking-researchers-kill-car-engine-highway-send-message-automakers/).
The recall affects roughly 1.4 million American cars and trucks equipped with certain radios and 8.4-inch touchscreens. Affected vehicles include several popular models made by Fiat Chrysler's Jeep, Dodge, Chrysler and RAM brands. (Owners can check here  (http://www.driveuconnect.com/software-update/)to see what vehicles are included in the recall.)  http://money.cnn.com/2015/07/24/technology/chrysler-hack-recall/index.html
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