Uber Hires Hackers Who Remotely Took Over Moving Jeep
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Uber has hired two hackers who were able to take over a Jeep while it was being driven by a journalist.
Former Twitter employee Charlie Miller, and Chris Valasek, who worked at a security firm, have quit their jobs to join the ridesharing company, Reuters reported.
The pair made waves in the automotive and technology worlds after hacking into a moving Jeep being driven by a Wired journalist.
Uber's Raffi Kirkorian welcomed the two to the company in a tweet.
i'm so excited to now have @0xcharlie & @nudehaberdasher here at @uber's advanced technologies center. the duo behind http://t.co/EZ7drdo93m
— uɐᴉɹoʞᴉɹʞ ᴉɟɟɐɹ???????????? (@raffi) August 28, 2015
Miller and Valasek will work in Uber's Advanced Technologies Center.