Tesla To Give Away A Model 3 To First Hacker To Crack It

Tesla has been working closely with white hat hackers for years in order to make its vehicle software safer and now it’s taking an unprecedented step: it’s going to be giving away a Model 3 to a hacker who can crack the vehicle.

Over the past 4 years, Tesla has been running a bug bounty program and according to sources familiar with the effort, the company has given away hundreds of thousands in rewards to hackers who exposed vulnerabilities in its systems.

The automaker increased its max payout per reported bug to $15,000 last year and it also took a great step in reassuring owners who are hacking their own vehicles.

PUGPROUD - 1/16/2019 2:22:17 PM

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After Elon has them arrested, right!

zlives - 1/16/2019 4:49:13 PM

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yup they will be getting the 35K model3 when it becomes available.

carloslassiter - 1/16/2019 5:37:41 PM

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Sounds smart.

ricks0me - 1/16/2019 7:22:26 PM

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zlives: I was going to post that this would be the 1st 35K model available. You beat me to it.

OneOfOne - 1/17/2019 9:39:24 AM

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its not a bad looking vehicle. if they had spread the IP across the dash in front of the wheel laterally I would consider it.

PUGPROUD - 1/17/2019 2:16:37 PM

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Years ago BMW put a 7 series on display in the airport in London and offered it to anyone who could unlock the car. A few weeks later one guy who just happened to pass by and see the car and the challenge during a trip won the car in less than a minute thinking about it. He kicked the front bumper as hard as he could, the air bags went off and the doors unlocked as required for driver and passenger removal if required. I don't doubt that somewhere there is someone who will break Tesla's programming code given enough time and skill.