These Guys Managed To Hack A Tesla Despite Being 12 Miles Away

A team of Chinese researchers were able to control parts of a Model S, and found it was even possible to interfere with the car from many miles away
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Thanks to a rise in Internet connectivity for cars combined with the increasing electrification of basic controls, car hacking represents a very real and very scary threat. Last year Fiat Chrysler Automobiles had to recall 1.4 million vehicles after a group of hackers remotely ‘attacked’ a Jeep Cherokee as an experiment, and now a team of Chinese researches from ‘Keen Security Lab’ managed to expose some security flaws in a Tesla Model S.

They were able to control the electric seats, open the boot and sunroof, and - crucially - operate the brakes. While much of the experiment was performed in sight of the vehicles, at one point the researchers called a colleague in an office 12 miles away, who was able to deploy the brakes remotely.

These Guys Managed To Hack A Tesla Despite Being 12 Miles Away

The team claims their methods will work on multiple Tesla models, but that’s no longer the case - the hack requires something of a loophole, which Tesla has since ‘closed’ in response to the tests. The company said:

“The issue demonstrated is only triggered when the web browser is used, and also required the car to be physically near to and connected to a malicious Wi-Fi hotspot. Our realistic estimate is that the risk to our customers was very low, but this did not stop us from responding quickly.”

Source: The Guardian

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Comments

Anonymous

Of course the Chinese would be the country who hacked an American car. Or was that one of the Koreas?

09/21/2016 - 12:16 |
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Disklok
09/21/2016 - 12:22 |
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TurboToddler (Straight-five)

In reply to by Disklok

Hello!

09/21/2016 - 12:37 |
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Anonymous

Too much electronic stuff

09/21/2016 - 12:42 |
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Emite45

Watch Dogs Intensifies !

09/21/2016 - 13:01 |
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RoyP

In reply to by RoyP

Nuuuu it didn’t work :(

09/21/2016 - 13:05 |
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The Volvo Guy (Ikea Meatballs)

Driving a Tesla like: “My car has even more electronics than a GT-R! Damnit, now some Chinese people hacked it again…”

09/21/2016 - 13:06 |
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Anonymous

Watch Dogs 2: Hacking cars

09/21/2016 - 13:07 |
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Darude Her Right In The Sandstorm™

That’s why I wouldn’t buy a drivable computer

09/21/2016 - 13:08 |
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so you’re NOT a fan of GTRs either?

09/21/2016 - 15:23 |
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Bro u got rekt

09/21/2016 - 17:17 |
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Anonymous

That’s probably why the Tesla autonomous crash happend.
Because it was “Hijacked”

09/21/2016 - 13:41 |
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Anonymous

These always require some bizarre access to the car, then the claim is from X miles away.

If you’re using a WiFi connection, distance is immaterial wether it’s 10 metres away or 10,000 miles away.

No one is impressed if I tell you I posted this 3000 miles away from CT’s London office…

09/21/2016 - 14:33 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Ian Wright just remotely entered my house from 12000 miles away!!! LOL

09/22/2016 - 08:01 |
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