It said car makers are putting profits before safety and security, and has urged lawmakers to step in if car makers and telecoms players do not offer ways to secure connected vehicles by the end of 2019. Regulators should require automakers to disclose the authorship, certifications, and testing of critical software in their vehicles, and make chief executives at car companies accept legal liability for the cyber-security status of their cars. In response, telecoms test company Keysight Technologies took the opportunity to promote its suite of solutions for validating connected vehicles technologies, to make sure they are not hijacked and turned into ‘killing machines’, as per the Consumer Watchdog’s warning.