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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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] > > [images > http://rack.3.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzdkL3RzbDkwODcxLmE3YTA1LmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/e09c4a23/633/tsl90871.jpg > tsl9087 Image: Rick Bowmer/Associated Press > > http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE1LzA0LzI1LzlhL2RuNzAuNTI2ZTkuanBnCnAJdGh1bWIJMTIwMHg5NjAwPg/0c8a21cc/97a/dn70.jpg > dn70 > ] > > The most talked about electric vehicle in the tech world, Tesla Motors, > suffered a hack targeting its Twitter account Saturday. > > 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." > > 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. > > 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. > > 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. > > Subsequent messages posted to the Tesla account direct credit for the hack > to a Twitter account name matching the earlier hashtag. > > The takeover lasted just under an hour and, as of this writing, Tesla > appears to have regained control of its account. > [© mashable.com] > > > > 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 ... > > > > > For EVLN posts use: > http://evdl.org/evln/ > > > {brucedp.150m.com} > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Tesla-Twitter-Acct-hacked-Bogus-Free-Tesla-offer-tp4675131.html > Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA > (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 801 bytes Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20150425/1c842a1e/attachment.pgp> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
