It appears hackers have found the Tesla is very easy to steal.

Talking of stolen Teslas, here is a beauty and of course it caught on fire.

What about hackers taking over the Tesla computer and making it crash ?




A stolen Tesla split into two and caught fire
David Math 06/07/2014 11:15


Tesla Model S crashed and caught fire

A stolen Tesla Model S crashed into cars before catching fire and splitting into two on Friday night in West Hollywood. The incident may revive an old debate about fire safety.

The thief, who had stolen the Model S from a local dealership, led two police officers on a short chase on Friday night before hitting several cars and a lamp post. Although the circumstances of the accident are still being examined, the speed of the electric sedan at the time of the crash is estimated to have been at least 160 km/h.

VIDEO: Stolen Tesla splits in two and catches fire

The crash was so intense that the Tesla split into two along the C-pillar. The back half of the car crashed into a synagogue and got stuck between the walls of two buildings. Eye witnesses have confirmed that the car was in flames and sparks were flying from the wreck, and for a while the police were helpless standing by watching the blazing car. Locals who heard the explosion thought they were July 4 fireworks.



The driver who was thrown from the car was taken to a local hospital and is said to be in critical condition. Four others were also injured but their conditions are unknown. The two police officers were treated with minor injuries at the scene.

The incident may revive the old debate about fire safety sparked by a chain of events in 2013 when several Model S cars’ batteries got injured in accidents. As the incidents wrecked Tesla’s image and the company’s share prices took a dive, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk asked for a thorough examination to be carried out on the model by the authorities before announcing this March that the cars were getting a three-ply battery protector - a titanium underbody shield and two aluminium deflector plates - stopping hard objects from striking the lithium-ion battery packs built into the floorpan. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration the Tesla S is now perfectly safe and poses no hidden hazard, and the news of the West Hollywood crash is indeed the first news in a long time involving a burning Tesla. The investigation is still in its early stages and Tesla Motors are yet to issue an official statement.



http://totalcarmagazine.com/features/2014/07/06/a_stolen_tesla_split_into_two_an...

The silly old dead in the head troll VIRUS crawls out from under the floor boards.

The shrunken head of the lying SPAMMING troll virus is squashed again.



9 Teslas were reportedly stolen after hackers got around the anti-theft GPS system
TONY YOO  JUL 21, 2017, 11:46 AM



Just days after Tesla founder Elon Musk said a fleet-wide hack is one of his biggest concerns, thieves have reportedly stolen up to 9 Model S cars in Europe.

Dutch news service nrc.nl reports that 9 Teslas may have been taken by hackers in recent weeks, quoting victims in the Netherlands that have spoken to local police.

Tesla vehicles have always-on GPS tracking that allows vehicle owners to report any theft to the manufacturer. The car can then be remotely stopped and located by Tesla to stop the thief from taking it any further.

However, the recent Dutch cases have seen hackers get around the in-built GPS system to steal the cars undetected. Tech security publication SCmedia reported that the hacking method is as yet unknown.

A Tesla Australia spokesperson told Business Insider that the company has been working with Dutch insurer Turien, who first discovered the pattern of theft.

“Turien has been a valuable partner by assisting in our investigation. While the tactics used to facilitate these thefts apply to many vehicles and are certainly not unique to Tesla, we are uniquely positioned to try to stop them and are developing a software update to do so,” the spokesperson said.

Tesla’s sophisticated battery and parts are valuable on the black market, and SCmedia reports the recently stolen cars may have been stripped for such a purpose.

“One chopped-up Model S was discovered, by authorities, in the back of a truck attempting to enter Germany from the Netherlands leading some to believe other stolen Teslas may have suffered similar fates,” SCmedia reported.

https://www.businessinsider.com.au/9-teslas-were-reportedly-stolen-after-hackers...

And the stomping on the shrunken head of the lying SPAMMING TROLL VIRUS continues without a break.




HACKERS CAN STEAL A TESLA MODEL S IN SECONDS BY CLONING ITS KEY FOB
ANDY GREENBERG SECURITY 09.10.1801:00 PM


The researchers also believe their attack might work against cars sold by McLaren and Karma, and motorcycles sold by Triumph, which use keyless entry systems made by the same manufacturer.ETHAN MILLER/GETTY IMAGES

TESLA HAS TAKEN plenty of innovative steps to protect the driving systems of its kitted-out cars against digital attacks. It's hired top-notch security engineers, pushed over-the-internet software updates, and added code integrity checks. But one team of academic hackers has now found that Tesla left its Model S cars open to a far more straightforward form of hacking: stealthily cloning the car's key fob in seconds, opening the car door, and driving away.

A team of researchers at the KU Leuven university in Belgium on Monday plan to present a paper at the Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems conference in Amsterdam, revealing a technique for defeating the encryption used in the wireless key fobs of Tesla's Model S luxury sedans. With about $600 in radio and computing equipment, they can wirelessly read signals from a nearby Tesla owner's fob. Less than two seconds of computation yields the fob's cryptographic key, allowing them to steal the associated car without a trace. "Today it’s very easy for us to clone these key fobs in a matter of seconds," says Lennert Wouters, one of the KU Leuven researchers. "We can completely impersonate the key fob and open and drive the vehicle."

Just two weeks ago, Tesla rolled out new antitheft features for the Model S that include the ability to set a PIN code that someone must enter on the dashboard display to drive the car. Tesla also says that Model S units sold after June of this year aren't vulnerable to the attack, due to upgraded key fob encryption that it implemented in response to the KU Leuven research. But if owners of a Model S manufactured before then don't turn on that PIN—or don't pay to replace their key fob with the more strongly encrypted version—the researchers say they're still vulnerable to their key-cloning method.

Read the rest of Tesla easy stealing here

https://www.wired.com/story/hackers-steal-tesla-model-s-seconds-key-fob/

lee wrote on Sep 14^th, 2018 at 12:03pm:

u mean the 1 car out of all the stolen one that wasn't recovered 5 years ago Lee ?

DonDeeHippy wrote on Sep 15^th, 2018 at 6:08am:


That one was the only one in evidence at the time.

Did you review the others?

juliar wrote on Sep 14^th, 2018 at 12:45pm:


DonDeeHippy wrote on Sep 15^th, 2018 at 6:12am:


You mean those GPS's that get hacked?

DonDeeHippy wrote on Sep 16^th, 2018 at 7:29am:



Nope. That wasn't what you said. Why would I need to be more current? I only responded to what was posted. So was what was posted false? Apparently not. It wasn't up to date which is different entirely.

DonDeeHippy wrote on Sep 15^th, 2018 at 6:08am:


It seems to have gone from 1 to 3.