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Hackers wanted: the hottest job in the car industry

Jamie L. LaReau
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McConnell Trapp has a special set of skills. He can hack into cars and control aspects of them from his computer.

Trapp, 39, who has a law degree and speaks Japanese fluently, started hacking cars about 16 years ago. He used a computer, some various vehicle spare parts, a turbocharger and the help of few good friends to increase the 120 horsepower normally found in a 1995 Honda Civic sedan to almost 300 horsepower.

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