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DEF CON 23 - Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey - How to Hack a Tesla Model S

DEFCONConference · talk · Watch on YouTube

Security & hackingCars, EVs & motorcycles

What it is

A DEF CON 23 talk by Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey walking through the architecture of the Tesla Model S, what Tesla got right and wrong, and how the interconnected systems can be hacked. It also covers the data the car collects.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as a detailed technical reference on Tesla's security design, especially the firewalling of infotainment from the CAN bus.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2018

What HN commenters said

  1. “the software architecture of the Tesla was light-years ahead of what Jeep”

    Talk on hacking a Tesla showing strong software architecture

    bradleybuda, 2018-08 · Recommendation · in “Former Tesla Firmware Engineer Discusses the System”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: tesla model s, car hacking, can bus, def con, embedded systems

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