MIT article - cybersecurity issues for vehicles

[malcolm]

Hackers are the real obstacle for self-driving vehicles

vehicles will have to anticipate and defend against a full spectrum of malicious attackers wielding both traditional cyberattacks and a new generation of attacks based on so-called adversarial machine learning

TL;DR expect to be holding the wheel for a good while yet.

 

[JeffK]

Nah, People can do the same things now if they want to using other methods such as removing or replacing street signs, put a car with the lights out in the middle of a road on a curve, etc. If you really want to cause an accident then it won't matter whether the car is autonomous or driven by a human, you'll always find a way.