Hacking and cyber terrorism is a real-life possibility that threatens us on a daily basis. The world just learned how deadly the threat can be on a personal level when Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek completely took over a 2004 Jeep Cherokee as it drove down the highway. It was a demonstration that resulted in the recall of 1.4 million Chrysler-built vehicles for a major security update. Chrysler vehicles aren’t the only vehicles with the potential to be hacked or remotely manipulated. Any vehicle with a wireless data connection has the potential to be hacked from abroad if security vulnerabilities exist. The most recent manufacturer to discover this is Tesla – the leader in long-range electric vehicles.
Researchers from Lookout and CloudFlare have worked for the last two years to find security vulnerabilities that exist within the infotainment system of Tesla’s Model S. Their findings aren’t nearly as bad as the flaws found in Chrysler vehicles, but some security concerns were found. The most interesting finding was that a 2015 Tesla Model S could be easily stolen by use of a computer connected to the vehicle’s network cable. Once a laptop was connected to the S, the researchers were able to send a few command prompts to its onboard system and turn on the electric drive system.
The other major finding was that the current web browser on the Model S contained a backdoor that could allow a hacker to gain control the vehicle remotely. This vulnerability would require someone to view a specially made web page from the vehicle’s infotainment system first, but is a security threat nonetheless. This vulnerability precludes the need to have physical access to the vehicle to take control of it, and that could be dangerous to the driver or passengers of the vehicle.
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