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Hack a Tesla, Get a Model 3 and Nearly $1 Million

posted by Fnord666 on Monday January 13 2020, @01:08AM   Printer-friendly
from the pwn2own dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Bytram:

Hack a Tesla, get a Model 3 and nearly $1 million - Roadshow:

Alright, hacker guy or gal, this is your time to shine. If you're not familiar with the Zero Day Intiative (ZDI), it's calling all friendly hackers extraordinaire once again for a good cause. This time, if if[sic] anyone manages to hack a Tesla, they'll get nearly $1 million and a shiny-new Model 3.

ZDI confirmed on Thursday that Tesla will once again be the big-name sponsor for its automotive category. Increasingly, automakers turn to friendly hackers to exploit their systems to keep our machines safe. Thus, ZDI has issued a new challenge for this year's "Pwn2Own" contest.

If an individual is able to completely compromise a Tesla Model 3, they get the car as part of Tier 1 prizes. Not only will they go home with a new Model 3, but they'll immediately earn a cash prize of $500,000 from ZDI. Yet, the most skilled have a chance for even more cash. If a contestant ticks off a few hacks in extra categories, they'll earn up to $200,000 more on top of the car and $500,000. These areas are "infotainment root persistence," "autopilot root persistence" and "arbitrary control of the CAN Bus." Each area has its own prize amount, but all hack all three, and it totals up to $200,000.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by ikanreed on Monday January 13 2020, @02:43AM (4 children)

    by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 13 2020, @02:43AM (#942619) Journal

    Why would I want two lithium ion bombs.

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  • (Score: 2) by Kymation on Monday January 13 2020, @03:40AM (1 child)

    by Kymation (1047) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 13 2020, @03:40AM (#942634)

    You can never have too many lithium ion bombs.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 13 2020, @03:33PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday January 13 2020, @03:33PM (#942753)

      They don't mix well with water. Got a swimming pool you need emptied fast?

  • (Score: 2) by epitaxial on Monday January 13 2020, @09:24PM (1 child)

    by epitaxial (3165) on Monday January 13 2020, @09:24PM (#942865)

    Lol are you forgetting that gasoline is also highly flammable? Plenty of regular cars burn up, over 171,000 between 2014 and 2016. https://www.usfa.fema.gov/downloads/pdf/statistics/v19i2.pdf [fema.gov]

    • (Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday January 13 2020, @10:14PM

      by ikanreed (3164) Subscriber Badge on Monday January 13 2020, @10:14PM (#942880) Journal

      I actually do think electric cars are better in general than traditional ICE cars. I've a particular dislike for Musk, and a particular distrust of cars coming out of factories that have been purported by whistleblowers to be using damaged Li+ cells in vehicle construction.