Tesla Electric Cars Hacked by Chinese! Public Locks remote purchasing, Horn, Headlights
Chinese hackers claim they were able to take control of the Tesla Model S door locks, sunroof, and other features Wayne Cunningham CNET.
The first success of a Tesla Model S documented hacking came from China, the giant Chinese security Qihoo 360 Technology said Thursday security.
The pirates tried to win 10,000 in prize money at a launch event at the SyScan security conference 360, which is co-sponsored by Qihoo They were able to take remote control car door locks, headlights, windshield wipers, sunroof, and horn, Qihoo 360 said on its social network Sina Weibo account the security company declined to disclose the details at this stage on how the hack was accomplished, although a report said hackers cracked the six-digit code for the mobile model.
The message Sina Weibo warned Tesla drivers to be careful when driving in the rain, to avoid becoming a drowned rat in case the sunroof opens suddenly.
Qihoo 360 said it reported the hack to Tesla and offered to work with the automaker to fix the vulnerability.
While Tesla is not associated with the conference and does not sponsor the competition, we support the idea of providing an environment in which the responsible security researchers can help to identify potential vulnerabilities, the company said in a statement, we hope that security researchers will act responsibly and in good faith.
Independent security expert Charlie Miller, who has done extensive research on the automotive hackers said it was too early to say what the risks are kind of Tesla owners met this hack He said he was not surprised that t someone had hacked the model S.
I do not think many people realize that the systems that provide Bluetooth connections or navigation maps or radio, have the ability to control the physical aspects of our cars, like locks, speedometer, even braking and cornering, Miller as cars have relied more heavily on computers over time, now we are trying to learn how to deal with this in view that we do not know how to secure computers.
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