Car hackers are on the rise
🚗 Car hackers are on the rise.
A group of German hackers recently breached a Tesla car, not with malicious intent but to access a paid feature – heated rear seats. These seats are typically unlocked after paying $300. The researchers, who were also the car's owners, physically tampered with the voltage supply to the car's infotainment system, glitching the computer and granting them free access to the rear heated seats. This "jailbreaking" process also allowed them to access internal systems and private user data. Automakers are increasingly offering features as paid subscriptions, akin to the smartphone app model, which raises cybersecurity concerns as more digital features connect vehicles to the internet, potentially creating new vulnerabilities for data theft and tampering.
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