@Maarek: Not that any of what I am suggesting is in practice or may ever be put into practice, but if a safety system at a manufacturing company was somehow connected to the internet, or a virus gets sneaker net into a piece of equipment, it could in theory disable the safety systems, exposing someone to risk.
There was also an article on ZDNET recently that showed that if a hacker could gain physical access to your vehicles computer port that they could disable all safety systems in your vehicle, which that in itself could cause injury or death.
Is it possible? Yes. Likely? No.
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