The world needs more hackers, and the world definitely needs more car hackers. Vehicle technology is trending toward more complexity and more connectivity. Combined, these trends will require a greater focus on automotive security and more talented individuals to provide this focus.
Looking at recent “terror attacks”, where cars/trucks were used: it is plausible to think that terrorists could pull an organized attack using a coordinated fleet of hacked cars/trucks. Kind of scary...
Seems like you are confusing what technical people call a hacker with what journalist calls a hacker. The hacker used here is a person who thinkers and makes changes, what journalists calls a hacker is called cracker in that context. A car hack will be to make it work more the way you want it to, a car crack will be to take control and damage it or others with it
Looking at recent “terror attacks”, where cars/trucks were used: it is plausible to think that terrorists could pull an organized attack using a coordinated fleet of hacked cars/trucks. Kind of scary...