Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Tesla's Cloud Hacked, Used to Mine Cryptocurrency

Makes you wonder how much cryptocurrency Tesla's cloud could actually mine.

According to a report released on Tuesday detailing cloud security threats, RedLock’s Cloud Security Intelligence team—yes, its CSI team—notified Tesla of the intrusion and the vulnerability was addressed. The electric vehicle company was reportedly running one of hundreds of open-source systems the CSI team found accessible online without password protection.