Hackers have figured out how to take over the brakes in some cars with a simple text message

Security researchers recently found a vulnerability in some car dongles that could enable hackers to control the brakes of a vehicle by sending a simple text message to the device.

Car dongles are a USB-like device that plug into a vehicle’s on-board diagnostics (OBD) port under the dashboard. A lot of car owners these days are using dongles to make their cars smarter.