jomoAug 4, 2023

Hackers from TU Berlin managed to jailbreak #Tesla cars, unlocking software-locked features worth up to $15,000 🪓🪓🪓

They used a known (unpatchable) voltage fault injection attack against the AMD Secure Processor to glitch the boot process, got root, and retrieved the car's RSA private key 👌

https://electrek.co/2023/08/03/hackers-manage-unlock-tesla-software-locked-features/

Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000

A group of hackers have exposed an exploit that can unlock Tesla’s software-locked features worth up to $15,000. Free heated...

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Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsAug 4, 2023

@jomo

My first thought was to wonder how many more steps it would take from unlocking FSD to pwning the vehicle remotely. If not this, then it's just a matter of time before someone figures that one out.

Show threadLuna chan
@Mikal I see northing morally wrong here just customers getting what they paid for.
Aug 4, 2023 at 9:23pmWeb
Show threadMy camera shoots fascistsAug 4, 2023
@Luna
What's morally wrong is companies being able to deny you what you already paid for. But my bigger worry about these things is the ability of threat actors to take control of these cars for malicious purposes.