Comment on Teslas Can Be Stolen by Hijacking WiFi at Charging Stations, Researchers Find
RealFknNito@lemmy.world 9 months agoI simplified the concept which might seem misleading to you but the outcome is exactly the same.
You can get access to the home network through weakly secured devices. If you can get past a weak device, trusted by the network, you can send commands through the network and to other devices as if you were a typical user. If your car can be unlocked from your computer, a hacker would only need to get past your coffee maker on that same network to be able to tell your car to unlock.
In other words, the Internet of Things can often be a liability if you don’t know how to secure points of access to your network. If you installed a smart thermostat and it’s still broadcasting the default SSID, that’s a glowing weakspot for a hacker. Who would need WPA2 security for that, right?
Grippler@feddit.dk 9 months ago
In the case of tesla, you’d still need the API token to the specific car to send any commands to it. It doesn’t actually take commands directly, from anything, it’s all done through teslas servers via the API. Getting access to local network makes no difference. You can’t even send commands via BT to the car.