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DEF CON 23 - Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey - How to Hack a Tesla Model S

DEFCONConference · 83.5K views · 2015-12-02 · 49:49

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Overview

A DEF CON 23 talk by Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey walking through the architecture of the Tesla Model S, what Tesla got right and wrong, and how the interconnected systems can be hacked. It also covers the data the car collects.

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HN cites it as a detailed technical reference on Tesla's security design, especially the firewalling of infotainment from the CAN bus.

Recommended by 1 HN people across 1 months · HN mentions 2016–2018

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Security & hackingCars, EVs & motorcycles
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bradleybuda · 2018-08 · Recommendation

At DEF CON 23 there were two car-hacking talks that made an impression on me: one about hacking a Tesla [1] and one about hacking a Jeep [2]. FWIW, I came away thinking that the software architecture of the Tesla was light-years ahead of what Jeep (and presumably many other legacy manufacturers) was shipping: [1] [VIDEO] [2] [LINK]

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toomuchtodo · 2018-08 · Reference

Ignoring the infotainment system for this argument (as they firewall it off from CANBUS and other life critical systems [1]), I argue that their IT infrastructure is safety related, as it governs Tesla's velocity in getting patches and security fixes out to vehicles in a timely manner. Can you imagine a zero day being found in Windows with Windows Update being down? [1] [VIDEO]

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Qub3d · 2018-08 · Reference

Thankfully, the critical reactive components of the Tesla vehicles do seem to be run by an RTOS -- spesifically FreeRTOS [0]. [0]: [VIDEO]

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