Tesla customers may like the carmaker's convenient keyless entry system, but a cyber security researcher has proved that the technology can allow thieves to steal certain models of electric vehicles* Sultan Qasim Khan (Sultan Qasim Khan), chief security advisor at NCC Group, a security firm in Manchester, UK, said an effective invasion of Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y would allow thieves to unlock the car, start it and accelerate their departure. *
By redirecting the communication between the owner's mobile phone or key fob remote key and the car, outsiders can trick Tesla into entering the system and make it think that the owner is near the car.
Qasim Khan said that although he demonstrated the technology on a Tesla Model, the intrusion technology was not specifically aimed at Tesla. Instead, this is the result of his repair of Tesla's keyless entry system, which relies on the so-called low-power Bluetooth (ble) protocol. There is no evidence that the thieves used this intrusion technology to enter Tesla improperly. Tesla has yet to comment.
