Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85mph
stuck two inches of black tape on a 35mph speed sign, slightly elongating the middle line in the "3". is a feature of Tesla's autopilot which is supposed to control the car's speed and keep it a safe distance behind the car in front of it.The same happened in a 2016 Model S.
McAfee disclosed the research to Tesla and MobilEye EyeQ3, the company which provides the Tesla 2016 models with their camera systems, last year. Tesla declined to comment to MIT Tech Review but said it would not be fixing hardware problems on that generation of vehicles.
McAfee researcher Steve Povolny told MIT Tech Review that the findings are still concerning, as plenty of 2016 Teslas are still on the roads. "We are not trying to spread fear and say that if you drive this car, it will accelerate into through a barrier, or to sensationalize it. The reason we are doing this research is we're really trying to raise awareness for both consumers and vendors of the types of flaws that are possible," he said.
The safety of Tesla's autopilot systems is under close scrutiny. Last year the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration The company is also fighting a lawsuit against the wife of Walter Huang, an Apple engineer who
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