The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the entire fleet

Re:The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the enti... by sellyme on Sunday August 30, 2020 @11:01PM (#24328138)

I was using "maliciously exploit" here to describe what would basically be the worst case scenario of such a bug (instructing every Tesla to deliberately crash at high speed). I don't think it's in any way a stretch to characterise someone who would do that as mentally unstable.

Of course there's many other ways you could exploit such a bug, but in the context of a "multi-billion dollar" event, it's really only The Big One that's in frame here.

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Re:The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the enti... by dmurray on Sunday August 30, 2020 @11:15PM (#24328203)

Someone could be sociopathic enough to cause the crashes, but still prefer the money. It definitely seems like you could negotiate for more if you can play the part of that sociopath and don't mind a little bit of extortion.

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Re:The Big Tesla Hack: A hacker gained control over the enti... by dash2 on Sunday August 30, 2020 @11:32PM (#24328280)

But then “offering more money to sociopaths” doesn’t seem like the right thing to do, because it will only encourage more of them into the market.

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