Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
A report in the Financial Times says cyber security researchers were able to hack into and gain control of a Tesla Model S and shut the vehicle down at a low speed. The researchers, Lookout Security CTO Kevin Mahaffey and Cloudflare head security researcher Marc Rogers, used a network cable behind the Model S’ dashboard to plug in a laptop and get access to the car’s infotainment system. “We shut the automotive down when it was driving initially at a low velocity of 5 miles per hour”, the newspaper quoted Rogers as saying. Instead, all of the car’s screens went black and the Model S was dropped to neutral. In other words, if a TeslaModel S owner visited a malicious hacker website, hackers could access the car’s infotainment system. The automaker said that its security team works carefully with the security research community to make sure that it continues to save its systems against susceptibilities by frequently validating, stress-testing, and upgrading its safeguards. The two researchers are scheduled to reveal the technical details on Friday at the Def Con hacking conference in Las Vegas. The fact that the reported hacks required one to have a physical connection to the car’s […]
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