(Reuters) Ari Rabinovitch - Israel is emerging as a leader in the race to block car hackers as new cars are increasingly equipped with some level of connectivity. Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million vehicles to install new software last year after cybersecurity researchers showed they could turn off a Jeep Cherokee's engine as it drove. Israel's Check Point cyber security firm said it showed auto executives that it can hijack their car's external communication channel using a handheld transceiver and frequency jammer, both of which can be bought on eBay for a few hundred dollars. Some 420 million connected cars will be on the road in 2018.
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