Critical Security Vulnerability Found in Tesla Electric Vehicle’s Touchscreen System: Findings by Researchers at TU Berlin

2023-08-04 00:58:55

Researchers at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin) in Germany announced that they found a serious security problem in the MCU that controls the touch screen, navigation and entertainment systems of Tesla electric vehicles. According to the researchers, the MCU they identified as the issue is the 3rd generation MCU-Z with an AMD Ryzen processor, and for vehicles equipped with it, “attackers can decrypt encrypted NVMe storage and access private user data such as phone book, calendar entries, etc.” can,’ he insisted. By utilizing this defect, it is possible to unlock the heated steering wheel or heated rear seat, which Tesla has locked as a paid service. After the related news was reported, Tesla’s official position was not released, but the researchers explained that the patch itself was an impossible problem and that the results of their research would be presented at the Blackhat conference to be held in Las Vegas next week.

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