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Bug bounty alert: Musk lets pro hackers torpedo Tesla firmware risk free
Carmaker won't void warranties, fling sueballs at pros seeking security vulnerability rewards
[...] Tesla will allow vetted security researchers to hunt for vulnerabilities in its vehicle firmware risk free – as long as it is done under its bug bounty program.
The luxury electric automaker said this week it will reflash the firmware on cars that have been bricked by infosec bods probing for exploitable bugs in its code, provided they have suitably enrolled in the Elon Musk-run biz's bounty program. And any sanctioned searching can be carried out with worrying about being sued by Tesla's legal eagles.
"If, through your good-faith security research, you (a pre-approved, good-faith security researcher) cause a software issue that requires your research-registered vehicle to be updated or 'reflashed,' as an act of goodwill, Tesla shall make reasonable efforts to update or 'reflash' Tesla software on the research-registered vehicle by over-the-air update, offering assistance at a service center to restore the vehicle's software using our standard service tools, or other actions we deem appropriate," Tesla's updated security policy now reads.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 07 2018, @04:29PM (4 children)
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-45445554 [bbc.com]
It's not international news when any of Rogan's hundreds of other guests smoke the weed and hit the bottle.
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 07 2018, @06:48PM (1 child)
agreed. plus the only geeky thing there is the insane amount of trust and money the stunt cost our favorite baby-face -- which would quickly into a cautionary tale of the dangers we as geeks face from ego-inflation and god-complexes. these are actually things that are knowable-about and utterly terrifying to most of us that have not challenged that sort of stuff before. so better not read the 10 pages of chapter 3 of https://archive.org/details/C.G.JungCollectedWorksVol7Part1TheEffectsOfTheUnconsciousUponConsciousness [archive.org] unless you're into watching archetypal tragedies unfold ;)
(Score: 0, Troll) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday September 08 2018, @12:22AM
This is how you know Musk ain't CIA like every other face in Big Tech, who look and act like robots. And in Zuckerburg's case, Gay Jewish Robots.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 07 2018, @08:19PM (1 child)
Well, 98% of his other guests aren't internationally known, for starters.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Friday September 07 2018, @08:36PM
It's just very hollow "news", although the Musky One shares some of the blame, for making himself into a science-fiction idol and then embarking on a downward spiral. Sad!
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