UW CSE professor (and UCSD Ph.D. alum) Yoshi Kohno, UCSD professor (and UW CSE Ph.D. alum) Stefan Savage, and their students spent two years exploring the security vulnerabilities of modern automobiles and working with vehicle manufacturers and Federal regulatory agencies to address them.
It took Fox News only 4 minutes and 34 seconds to sensationalize it beyond recognition.
Sigh … watch the result here. Better, read about the research here.