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A UK-based cyber-security researcher has demonstrated how a vulnerability with Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) could be used to unlock and drive away a Tesla without authentication. Based in Austin, Texas, Tesla is among the most popular EV brands in the world, and the first electric carmaker to sell more than one million vehicles cumulatively. Tesla currently sells four different models, including the entry-level Model 3 compact sedan, the Model Y compact crossover, the Model X luxury SUV and the Model S mid-size luxury sedan.
Late last year, Tesla became the sixth company to hit $1 trillion in market valuation, thanks to growing sales and increased profitability. The company continues to deliver stellar numbers, beating Wall Street's revenue and profit estimates with its Q1 earnings earlier this year. According to the company's announcement, it earned $18.76 billion in revenue and $3.3 billion in profit during the first three months of this year, compared to $10.39 billion in revenues and $438 million in profit over the same period last year.
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Sultan Qasim Khan, a principal security consultant at cyber security and risk mitigation firm NCC Group, demonstrated a proof-of-concept hack that could potentially allow hi-tech thieves to easily steal a Tesla by unlocking it, starting it up, and driving away without the original key fob or any kind of authentication. According to Bloomberg, which says it witnessed Khan's demonstration, the technique involves redirecting communications between a Tesla and its owner's smartphone or key fob by using two small off-the-shelf hardware devices that cost around $100. It also requires custom code for Bluetooth development kits,
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