Third-party software can potentially make Tesla vehicles vulnerable to hackers. At least that’s what a 19-year-old IT security specialist from Germany named David Colombo claims. He said on Twitter this week that he had been able to remotely access features of more than 25 Teslas in 13 countries.
The news service Bloomberg then reported that Colombo had provided evidence for his claims on request. For example, he had shown screenshots of a private chat with a Tesla owner, in whose car Colombo could, according to his own information, among other things, operate the horn. In other cases, he was able to unlock doors and windows, turn on the headlights and the music system and even start the cars.
Nevertheless I now can remotely run commands on 25+ Tesla’s in 13 countries without the owners knowledge.
Regarding what I’m able to do with these Tesla’s now.
This includes disabling Sentry Mode, opening the doors/windows and even starting Keyless Driving.[2/X]
— David Colombo (@david_colombo_) January 11, 2022
Affected software should remain secret
Colombo has asked Bloomberg to refrain from publishing details about the manufacturer of the third-party software because he has not yet fixed the disclosed security flaws. In the wrong hands, the shortage could be dangerous for the owners of the affected cars. He had made Tesla and the operator of the insecure software aware of the problem. (mer)
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