Chinese Collegiate Hacking Team Hacks The Tesla Model S, Well Sort Of...

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By William Knowles @c4i
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
July 18, 2014

A team of Chinese collegiate hackers attending the Symposium on Security 
for Asia Network conference in Beijing have been succeeded in breaking 
into the software used in electric cars made by Elon Musk‘s Palo Alto 
California-based Tesla Motors.

The South China Morning Post is reporting that a team from Zhejiang 
University was awarded 10,600 yuan [Approximately $1707.34 USD] by the 
SyScan 360 Conference, being held July 16th and 17th 2014 at the Beijing 
Marriott Hotel Northeast in Beijing China Where attendees have been 
invited to hack into a Tesla Model S.

SyScan 360 organisers said on Friday: "Tesla Software Hack Challenge ended 
with team "yo", from ZheJiang University, coming in first overall and 
winning 10,600 Yuan in prize money. No team succeeded in the mission of 
hacking Tesla’s door and engine within the timeframe of the challenge. 
Therefore, no one received the grand prize of $10,000 USD."

Tesla had said it welcomed news of any vulnerabilities discovered as a 
result of the hacking competition. "We support the idea of providing an 
environment in which responsible security researchers can help identify 
potential vulnerabilities," the company said on Wednesday.

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