GM President Brags New Corvette ECU Can't Be Cracked By Tuners

GM president Mark Reuss has commented on a recent report that the ECU of the C8-generation Corvette will be virtually ‘untunable.’

The new Corvette will use the car manufacturer’s Global B battery electric vehicle architecture and while the sports car won’t be an EV, it is tipped to share its software system with EVs. This means it will offer superb cybersecurity, according to Reuss.

“We are going to do everything we can to protect our customers from a cybersecurity standpoint. Global B I think is going to be the standard of the industry in terms of the encrypted messaging that travels on our bus between modules. There’s a clean side and dirty side to that,” he said. “(2020 C8 Corvette ECU) is very, very well done in terms of being able to connect.”

countguy - 6/5/2019 1:27:43 PM

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And the tuner community quickly accepts the challenge. Less than 6 months and it will be cracked.

malba2367 - 6/5/2019 1:55:36 PM

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Don't be so sure...the latest ECUs from Audi, Porsche and BMW have yet be cracked. Use of a piggyback device to trick the computer into delivering more boost is not the same as a true tune (requires ECU crack) to precisely control multiple parameters.

PUGPROUD - 6/5/2019 4:10:26 PM

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Never say never Mark. You just painted a bulls eye on the C8's ECU.

malba2367 - 6/5/2019 5:14:40 PM

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I can’t wait to see the videos of that bonehead behind the wheel of a C8 corvette.

xjug1987a - 6/5/2019 5:32:48 PM

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GM should build the worlds greatest vehicles and let others compliment them. The idiots running this company have absolutely ZERO to brag about....

Truthy - 6/5/2019 5:39:09 PM

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Other than quarterly performance? I keep reading on this site how great Teslas are, yet they lose hundreds of millions every quarter despite government subsidies.

xjug1987a - 6/5/2019 9:39:33 PM

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Short term stock performance helps one thing, quarterly and annual bonus's... GM's stock has done exactly nothing since being reissued... The stock is a dog and the company is.....

Section_31_JTK - 6/5/2019 7:27:27 PM

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Rather than worry about whether tuners can crack the ECU, they should have worried more about whether the car they're designing will be liked by the public or not. So far based on what I've see, it's a resounding N O ! ! !

vdiv - 6/5/2019 7:47:18 PM

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Wait! That's supposed to be a good thing?!

MDarringer - 6/5/2019 9:17:43 PM

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I'm sure Hennessey will get the codes.

Moo1 - 6/5/2019 8:43:09 PM

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Sounds like they challenged every hacker in the world to hack their ECU.

skytop - 6/5/2019 9:45:24 PM

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You mean C8 owners will just have to be satisfied with 550 H.P.?