According to reports, 19-year-old German security researcher David Colombo recently said that he found a software vulnerability in Tesla's system and remotely hacked into more than 25 Tesla electric vehicles in 13 countries through this vulnerability, causing them to shut down the security system. Colombo, who calls himself an "information technology expert," said on Twitter on Tuesday that the software vulnerability of Tesla motors allowed him to remotely open doors and windows, start the car without a key, and shut down the vehicle's security system.
What surprised me was that the perpetrator of this vulnerability to remotely hack into Tesla cars was a teenager who was only 19 years old. It can be said that the teenager is a genius, but the teenager would have been a hacking contest organized by ZeroDayInitiative (ZDI), a well-known security project team of the information security software industry giant TrendMicro, a few years ago, after all, the content of the competition was that anyone who found and exploited some vulnerabilities in the Model3 in-vehicle system could get more than $1 million in cash and prizes, including the new Tesla car, but that may not be the technology has improved.
However, in the era of intelligent cars, the Internet of Vehicles is through the collection of data, and then rely on artificial intelligence and big data technology to achieve software and computers to replace people's control of machinery.
If the car has found a loophole before it starts, you can sit down and slowly solve it. However, if the car is driving on the road and is maliciously invaded, it may be extorted, which is serious and endangers life. The Internet of Vehicles and automatic driving have just started, in the face of life safety, the problem of endurance may be secondary, this incident may be able to improve the new energy vehicle companies to improve their own automotive system BUG wake-up call.