attempt by hackers to breach control systems at a nuclear power plant . Cyber attackers manipulating control systems also caused damage to a blast furnace at a German steel mill .
Even so-called connected cars are vulnerable to attack . Israel ' s Karamba Security recently began selling anti-hacking software for such vehicles in Japan . The program screens and blocks unauthorized access to connected cars , in which outside actors may take over the engine or the steering wheel .
Japanese automakers are moving to adopt this software . David Barzilai , executive chairman at Karamba , points out that lives will be at risk if security against cyber attacks on autos is not up to speed . Last year in the U . S ., Fiat Chrysler Automobiles was forced to announce a massive recall after the disclosure of a way to wirelessly hack and take over a Jeep .