According to foreign media reports, a hacker successfully managed to develop a new key clone relay attack for Tesla vehicles and demonstrated it on Model X models. At present, Tesla has learned of the new attack and is pushing new patches for it.
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This white hat hacker also gave a demonstration on Tesla Model X. In only two and a half minutes, he successfully used the loopholes in the Tesla car's "keyless entry system" to enter Up the vehicle. He stated that it would take another minute to operate on the dashboard before he could register his keys and drive away the car.
With its excellent autopilot functions and high sales volume, Tesla has become synonymous with electric vehicles in many countries and regions.
However, intelligence and technology often mean more insecure in the eyes of hackers.
In fact, Tesla’s security has always been questioned. There are not many cases of Tesla cars stolen in North America, but in Europe, Tesla’s cases of being stolen by NFC relay attacks are frequent, and most of them are Has not been recovered.
In addition, Tesla has participated in hacking conferences many times, and even used its popular automotive products as the target of the Pwn2Own hacking contest in the past few years, in order to narrow the relationship between the security team and hackers. From mechanical keys to keyless entry, the advantages must outweigh the disadvantages. As for the security problems that follow, it is unavoidable in any era. In this regard, manufacturers need to continuously improve their network security capabilities.
Tesla said its demonstration is very valuable and is beginning to push for a software update to fix it.
