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Tesla Model S Has Been Hacked
cartechboy writes: First, it was Chrysler last month with its Uconnect system being hacked while being driven down the road. Now, it's Tesla's turn. That's right, the Silicon Valley automaker's very own Model S electric car has been hacked by two white-hat hackers. The duo were able to manipulate the speedometer, lock and unlock the car, and at speeds of less than 5 mph they were able to make all the electronics go blank and shut down the car while engaging the emergency parking brake dragging the car to a stop. Tesla's already issued a software update that owners can download to path the security flaw. Welcome to the new world where cars can be hacked thanks to all their electronics.
IoT sucks! Welcome to the future.
What the summary fails to omit is that you first need physical access to the car and since they have the ability to do updates over-the-air, they don't need to recall more than a million vehicles to fix the issue.
Didn't they have to physically "break" the car before they got access into it? Your post is clearly a scare tactic.
Nothing here... So... SHOOO!!!
The only reason why this is happening is because the software developers are morons. In a mission critical system you never give write access from an entertainment module to critical system. The information system should not have the ability to make any changes in the engine software. The best way to enforce this is to use a hardware read only bus that sits between the entertainment system and engine system and only allow traffic to flow from the engine to the info system but not the other way around.
As opposed to the old world where a car that didn't have any sophisticated electronics was trivial for someone to steal?
File under 'M' for 'Manic ranting'
Because people are trusting their life to a system that has consistently proven that it is not secure
You know what else I'm trusting my life to? You not turning your steering wheel a quarter turn left when we pass each other on the road. I'm trusting that you will actually stop at a stop sign. I'm trusting that my airbag will not malfunction. I'm trusting the ignition to actually work. I'm trusting that you are capable of driving competently unimpaired by alcohol. We trust our lives to a lot of things that have consistently proven to not be secure and this bit of hacking is no where near the top of the danger list. Sure, let's be concerned about it but let's not blow it out of proportion either.