himself to six women who answered ads he placed on Craigslist between 2009 and April of this year, seeking a housekeeper or personal assistant. The charges are unrelated to two other criminal cases pending against him. In July, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge ordered Dykstra to stand trial on 25 counts of grand theft auto, attempted grand theft auto, filing false financial statements and possessing a controlled substance. That case stems from what prosecutors said was a scheme by the former athlete, his accountant and another man to lease cars using phony business and credit information. He faces 12 years in state prison if convicted. In May, a federal grand jury indicted Dykstra on bankruptcy fraud and obstruction of justice charges, accusing him of stealing or destroying some $400,000 in property that was part of his bankruptcy case. He faces up to 80 years in federal pri Chevy Volt and track the location of vehicles, creating further avenues into their computer systems. Conversely, once they have accessed the brains of a car, intruders could theoretically use them to retrieve personal information from connected devices. It’s the 21st century version of a car thief rifling through a purse found in a glove compartment. While the report notes that there have been no known malicious attacks on cars fitted with factory equipment, it does sight one incident where a disgruntled former employee of a car dealership disabled 100 cars by manipulating an aftermarket security system that had been installed on them. Additionally, McAfee cites an experiment done by researchers at the Center for Automotive Embedded Systems Security where they were able to access safety components in a vehicle via a wired connection and again using Bluetooth. For its part, the automotive industry is aware of the risks and constantly working on defenses against what is viewed as an evolving threat. Through the Society of Automotive Engineers, the industry has set up a Vehicle Electrical System Security Committee to develop broad strategies to prevent breaches and mitigate undesirable effects of successful ones. General Motors spokesman Dan Flores tells FoxNews.com that GM considers “vehicle security a top priority and we are focused on equipping our vehicles with both the features and security protections our customers want and need.” According to Chrysler engineering communications manager Vince Muniga, his company’s programmers regularly update the software needed to keep hackers out of their cars and bombard the vehicles with every type of electronic signal imaginable, not only to search for interference that can cause glitches in the systems, but to discover back doors that hackers could use to get into their electronic architecture. Nevertheless, Muniga concedes that “if someone spends eight months trying t