Markey: Jeep hack highlights need for auto cyber bill

Pointing to the first ever cybersecurity-based automobile recall, Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) is calling on Congress to pass legislation requiring automakers and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to produce minimum security and privacy standards that would protect cyber-connected cars from hacking.

Fiat Chrysler on Friday issued a recall notice for 1.4 million vehicles with connected devices, after a news story in tech magazine Wired demonstrated hackers controlling a vehicle remotely. The story prompted the voluntary recall by Fiat...