[PLUG-TALK] OwnStar

Rich Shepard rshepard at appl-ecosys.com
Thu Aug 6 16:44:19 UTC 2015


On Thu, 6 Aug 2015, Michael Rasmussen wrote:

> A week or so ago a Wired Magazine editor allowed his jeep to be owned by a
> remote hacker cracking the vehicle's web enabled system.

> GM's OnStar ("keep you safe...") has a similar vulnerability.
> The breach system is called OwnStar.

   Good name. Today's news is that the Tesla S has the same vulnerability.
When the company learned of it, they patched their software and
wirelessly upgraded all their vehicles ... remotely.

   Ain't technology wonderful?

Rich



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