Tesla has released a hotfix for its Model S electric car to close a potentially nasty hole in its security, which could have allowed hackers to remotely take control of the vehicle?s Controller Area Network. The researchers who discovered it even showed themselves remotely activating the brakes of a Model S while it was in motion.
This is the nightmare scenario that everyone looking to the future of connected cars imagines: you?re relaxing, being driven along by your automated car and suddenly the brakes are on, the wheel is turning and you don?t have time to stop it. All because a hacker took control of your vehicle using its remote access functions. Although Tesla has fixed this bug in the Model S, that is entirely possible with this sort of flaw.
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