Updated 6:32 p.m. ET
(Bloomberg) -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV waited 18 months to tell federal safety regulators about a security flaw in radios being installed more than a million vehicles that hackers later exploited to seize control of a Jeep last month.
The automaker says it was working on a fix and didn't consider the problem a safety defect. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration saw otherwise. Eight days after being notified by the company, the agency pushed Fiat Chrysler last month to recall 1.4 million cars and trucks -- the first recall prompted by cybersecurity safety concerns.
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