Tesla, is positioned as the most loved brand among electric car manufacturers. The battery technologies that the company offers to its customers are appreciated by everyone. In addition, the technological software of the cars manages to impress the users.
The software used in Teslas has a lot of firewalls. Although the company develops its software securely, some critical errors exists. In fact, it is claimed that someone else can control your vehicle because of these errors.
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19-year-old German hacker David Colombo, who wants to establish his own cyber security company and works in this field, made some statements on his own twitter account. Colombo, thanks to the security vulnerabilities it discovered in its statement, 25 Tesla cars located at 13 different locations. He said he has remote control.
The young cybersecurity expert says he uses many applications and API keys to gain access to tools. In addition, security vulnerabilities are not Tesla’s. customers fault declared that. In his posts, he says that he cannot control the steering and acceleration of the vehicles at the moment, and states that this situation is still dangerous.
Now let me explain what I can do with these Teslas. I can turn off cars’ Sentry Mode, open doors/windows and start the car without a key. I can also see the clear position of the vehicle and whether the driver is inside. I can open a Rick Astley video from YouTube to trick drivers.
I think it’s dangerous for someone to turn on the music at full volume and open and close the doors/windows while you’re on the highway. Also, the constant flashing of lights on the highway can affect other drivers.
David Colombo in his later statement By Tesla’s security team He said he was searched and the team was working to find the vulnerability. The young cybersecurity expert will never you have no bad intentions says. It is a matter of curiosity how Tesla will solve this situation in the coming days. So, what are your thoughts? Would you like your vehicle to be controlled by someone else? Do not forget to leave your comments and opinions below.