Let's hope Tesla's engineers are better at securing their over-the-air updates
than their PR department is at securing their social media accounts
b&
On Apr 25, 2015, at 4:18 PM, brucedp5 via EV wrote:
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> http://mashable.com/2015/04/25/hackers-tesla-twitter-account/
> Hackers briefly take over Tesla Twitter account, offer fake free car
> By Adario Strange [20150425]
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> The most talked about electric vehicle in the tech world, Tesla Motors,
> suffered a hack targeting its Twitter account Saturday.
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> Shortly after 4:30 p.m. ET, Tesla's Twitter account was taken over by
> unknown parties, with the message, "This twitter is now ran by @chf060 and
> @rootworx," and the Tesla name replaced by "#RIPPRGANG."
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> However, neither account mentioned in the message has taken credit for the
> hack, and the owner of the @rootworx account has posted messages denying any
> connection to the incident.
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> The subsequent tweets to the account by the hackers included racial epithets
> and even a message offering a free Tesla to anyone calling a telephone
> number posted to the Twitter account.
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> The owner of the @rootworx account claims to have received numerous calls
> about a free Tesla following the hack, along with the denial of any
> connection to the cyber attack.
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> Subsequent messages posted to the Tesla account direct credit for the hack
> to a Twitter account name matching the earlier hashtag.
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> The takeover lasted just under an hour and, as of this writing, Tesla
> appears to have regained control of its account.
> [© mashable.com]
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> http://www.theverge.com/2015/4/25/8497545/teslas-twitter-hacked
> Hackers temporarily take control of Tesla's website, Elon Musk's ...
> Earlier today, Tesla's Twitter account and website were taken over by some
> ... The hackers posted a phone number saying those who called it ...
> ...
> http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-25/tesla-hacked-on-twitter-media-relations-e-mail-accounts
> Tesla Hacked on Twitter, Media-Relations E-Mail Accounts
> Tesla Motors Inc.'s Twitter feed and its media-relations e-mail account were
> hacked Saturday, with the electric-car maker led by billionaire Elon Musk
> becoming the latest victim of online vandals. The hacker or hackers who
> compromised Tesla's Twitter feed ...
> ...
> http://www.canadianreviewer.com/cr/2015/4/25/teslas-site-and-twitter-account-gets-hacked.html
> Tesla's site and Twitter account gets hacked
> April 25, 2015 Hackers seem to have gotten into both Tesla's website and
> official Twitter account. Around 5PM ET, tweets showed up on its page that
> suggest that the site was no longer handled by the company. It doesn't seem
> like anything to grave but it was still an ...
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