Tomcat
Professional
- Messages
- 2,695
- Reaction score
- 1,072
- Points
- 113
Tesla, which has partnered with Trend Micro for several years on the Zero Day Initiative and the annual Pwn2Own event, will offer researchers its hacking vehicle for the second time. As a reward for hacking an electric car, participants in the competition are offered large cash prizes and a Tesla Model 3 car.
Recall that last year, a team of researchers was able to hack a Tesla Model 3 electric car on the last day of the Pwn2Own 2019 competition. The Fluoroacetate team managed to hack the electric car through its browser. Using a vulnerability in the JIT compilation of the page rendering module, they were able to execute the code on the Tesla Model 3 firmware and display a corresponding notification on the display of its infotainment system.
As part of the Pwn2Own competition this year, participants will be able to win not only Tesla Model 3, but also a cash reward of up to $ 500,000. Prizes are divided into different levels, depending on the difficulty of the hack. The top-tier prize requires a very sophisticated hack to be done - log in through a tuner, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or modem and then execute the code on a VCSEC, Gateway or Autopilot system. The prize for this hack is $ 500,000.
Other cash prizes of $ 100K and $ 400K will be awarded to researchers who can execute code in one or two different subsystems, respectively.
