A teen hacker named David Colombo claims to have discovered a software vulnerability that allowed him to take control of numerous cars around the world.
There is no way to find the owners of over 20Teslas in ten countries that the researcher gained full remote control of, and there seems to be no way to report it to them.
The carmaker didn't deny or confirm the hack to the publication, but the man who was in touch with them about the security flaw was the man who told the publication about it.
This is not a vulnerability in the infrastructure of the company. The owners are to blame.
It's remote start.
The security feature that uses the vehicle's many cameras to keep an eye out for intruders, as well as opening the doors and windows, was disabled by Colombo.
He said he was able to start driving. He wrote that he could potentially open the doors and drive the affected cars.
Fortunately, taking them for a longer ride seemed impossible.
He wrote that he couldn't intervene with someone driving and that he couldn't drive them remotely.
The case is being looked at by the company, and will issue an update. We hope to learn more about the vulnerability soon.
In his writeup, this will be described more in detail. I'm glad to see that the company is taking action.
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