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Teslas Can Be Stolen by Hijacking WiFi at Charging Stations, Researchers Find (futurism.com)
submitted 11 months ago by catculation@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Aatube@kbin.melroy.org 55 points 11 months ago (2 children)

TL;DR: Phishing + no additional precautions against creating digital car keys once logged in

[–] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 11 months ago

With a sprinkling of “omg flipper zero” for some reason.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Worth noting that it isn’t just “hacking WiFi”. You have to have the username and password associated with the car.

[–] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 11 months ago

Yes, that was the "phishing" bit.