Tesla has fixed a security bug uncovered by cyber-security researchers with California's Tencent Holdings that allowed them to remotely engage the brake on a moving Tesla Model S sedan, turn on its windscreen wipers and open the boot. The electric car maker released an over-the-air patch to automatically update the vehicles' onboard computer system within ten days of learning about the flaw. It said that the customer risk was "very low" and the vehicle was only vulnerable when close to a malicious WiFi hot spot and when a Tesla web browser was in use.
Tesla has fixed a security bug uncovered by cyber-security researchers with China's Tencent Holdings that allowed them to remotely engage the brake on a moving Tesla Model S sedan, turn on its windscreen wipers and open the boot. The electric car maker released an over-the-air patch to automatically update the vehicles' onboard computer system within ten days of learning about the flaw. It said that the customer risk was "very low" and the vehicle was only vulnerable when close to a malicious WiFi hot spot and when a Tesla web browser was in use.