IanAug 4, 2023
jomo

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...

Electrek
Aug 4, 2023 at 8:53amWeb
Show threadBart Champagne ON6BC Aug 4, 2023

@jomo An unpatchable fault in the Secure Processor.

Oh, the irony 😄

Show threadLuna chanAug 4, 2023
@ChampersBE @jomo Also X86 type CPU and secure from physical attacks choose one.
Show threadbiborAug 4, 2023
@jomo i wonder if this would have qualified for pwn2own this year 🤔 But I guess for a key glitching was out-of-scope
Show threadC.Suthorn Aug 4, 2023

@jomo

Mit Root-Rechten und dem RSA-Schlüssel sind natürlich auch andere Dinge möglich. Etwa das Betriebssystem durch Linux ersetzen oder das Auto fernzusteuern.

Mein Favorit: 8 weisse Tesla Y und 8 schwarze Tesla Y (die Bauern) und 8 helle Tesla S, 3 und X und 8 dunkle Tesla S, 3 und X (König, Dame, Springer, Läufer und Turm) in die Quadratestadt Mannheim schicken und eine Partie Strassenschach spielen. Mir fehlt nur ein Gegner der genauso schlecht Schach spielt wie ich (also nicht Ron Weasley).

@HonkHase
@privacyDE
@SheDrivesMobility
@BlumeEvolution

Show threadTabascoEyeAug 4, 2023
@Life_is @jomo @HonkHase @privacyDE @SheDrivesMobility @BlumeEvolution in Mannheim-Friedrichsfeld ist auch ein Servicecenter. Also die Anzahl Fahrzeuge wäre evtl schon bereit ;)
Eher die Frage wo man in den gar nicht so quadratischen Quadraten ein gescheites 8x8 Feld definieren kann 🤔
Show threadC.Suthorn Aug 4, 2023

@TabascoEye @jomo @HonkHase @privacyDE @SheDrivesMobility @BlumeEvolution

Dann halt im Parkhaus Starwars-3D-Schach.

Show threadPetunientopfAug 21, 2023
@Life_is @TabascoEye @jomo @HonkHase @privacyDE @SheDrivesMobility @BlumeEvolution Star Trek. Sorry
Show threadC.Suthorn Aug 21, 2023

@petunientopf @TabascoEye @jomo @HonkHase @privacyDE @SheDrivesMobility @BlumeEvolution

Ah, ja richtig. Der berühmte Schachwettkampf zwischen Chewbacca und Lord Helmchen in Zimmer 1701.

Show threadPetunientopfAug 21, 2023
@Life_is @TabascoEye @jomo @HonkHase @privacyDE @SheDrivesMobility @BlumeEvolution blasphemie!
Show threadPapeleoAug 4, 2023
@jomo
Cool. Can I run my Tesla with Linux then?? 🐧
Show threadjomoAug 4, 2023
@Papeleo it does already
Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Aug 4, 2023
@jomo LEGENDS
Show threadCiferAug 4, 2023
@jomo "Voltage fault injection attack" sounds like something that should involve jumper cables...
Show threadAral BalkanAug 4, 2023
@jomo
Show threadWhathefrenchAug 4, 2023
@jomo fuck thoses computers on wheels, well done guys you did the right thing, hardware enabled by software should not be legal.
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 chanAug 4, 2023
@Mikal I see northing morally wrong here just customers getting what they paid for.
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.
Show threadUnHookedAug 4, 2023
@jomo If paying for it doesn't mean ownership, then stealing it isn't theft.
Show threadMorton FoxAug 4, 2023
@jomo Great. I hated the idea of buying a car and having to pay more to unlock features anyway.
Show threadJoel HanlonAug 4, 2023
@jomo Finally
https://youtu.be/PWQL_XORalY
Injury Reserve - Jailbreak the Tesla (Feat. Aminé)

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Show threadGary MortimerAug 4, 2023
@joelhanlon @jomo @billt interesting story for the notpod
Show threadtadzikAug 4, 2023

@jomo This looks like a clickbait, the article contradicts the headline:

This includes features like heated seats, acceleration boost, and even Tesla’s Full Self-Driving package, which costs $15,000

Ultimately, the hackers believe that they can unlock virtually all software-locked features inside Tesla vehicles even Full Self-Driving – though they believe that it would require some more reverse-engineering

Doesn’t seem like they actually unlocked it, they just think that it’s technically possible.

Show threadbeaiouns Aug 4, 2023
@jomo using voltage-based hacks to jailbreak something called a tesla is especially great
Show threadFlorian EgermannAug 4, 2023

@jomo @EnidKapelsen I had to:

https://iv.melmac.space/watch?v=PWQL_XORalY

Injury Reserve - Jailbreak the Tesla (Feat. Aminé)

INJURY RESERVE OUT NOW: https://found.ee/InjuryReserve Stream: https://found.ee/IR_JailbreakTheTesla directed by Parker Corey produced by Will Hasty cinematography by Chris Ripley 1st AC by Kyle Frank rigging grip by Joanne Nguyen gaffer by Gregory Loebell grip by Mathias Peralta ronin operator by Andrew Brinkhaus bts filming by Leo Lovely “Jailbreak The Tesla (Feat. Aminé)” a product of Seneca Village/Loma Vista Music video by Injury Reserve performing Jailbreak The Tesla. © 2019 Loma Vista Recordings., Distributed by Concord Music Group, Inc. http://vevo.ly/1FEk6P

InjuryReserveVEVO | Invidious
Show threadLuna chanAug 4, 2023
@jomo Paywalling car features is just wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4quXTwAiMVA
Beetle Good Good

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Show threadGrandlesticks (he/him)Aug 4, 2023
@jomo that's worth logging into the fowl site to re-x their x-cellent x-ample
Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Aug 5, 2023

@jomo

Ooop I guess Elon is gonna buy a university now...

Show threadGoesta SmekalAug 5, 2023
@jomo
Well, lets ignore "run arbitrary software on the infotainment” for a moment, most car brands have such creepy features, like GM and BMW for example. To drive around with hardware built into the car, that you just can't use because of a missing software licence is not very economical.
This is just another proof of those so called cars of the future being the childhood dream of a 1980s teenager: a game console with wheels.
Too bad they catch fire more often than your good old Gameboy.
Show threadEmeryAug 5, 2023
@jomo hell yea! fuck paywalls.
Show threadsi_iriniAug 5, 2023

@jomo

😂 😂
👍 👍

Show threadRyan SeddonAug 7, 2023
@jomo my hope is a jail brake community pops up over this, I'm sure there is a lot of out of warranty teslas on the rd that would love to do this.
Show threadRyan SeddonAug 7, 2023
@jomo the jail brake was completely just a derp by me but the pun works well!