Car maker Tesla seeks 30 full-time hackers to break into its cars

Charlee Gothard
clock • 1 min read

Best job ever? Crack a Tesla Model S and it could be yours

Electric sports car maker Tesla has put out a public call for up to 30 full-time new employees from the hacking community to work on breaking its "Internet of Things"-based vehicles. The company...

To continue reading this article...

Join Computing

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, analysis and opinion from the technology industry
  • Receive important and breaking news in our daily newsletter
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes
  • Join live member only interviews with IT leaders at the ‘IT Lounge’; your chance to ask your burning tech questions and have them answered
  • Access to the Computing Delta hub providing market intelligence and research
  • Receive our members-only newsletter with exclusive opinion pieces from senior IT Leaders

Join now

 

Already a Computing member?

Login

You may also like
Haier threatens legal action over open source appliance control plugin

Internet of Things

Haier claims the plugin is causing ‘significant economic harm’

clock 23 January 2024 • 2 min read
Why is CCTV IT's blind spot?

Internet of Things

CCTV is no longer an isolated and passive component

clock 18 April 2023 • 2 min read
Partner content: Real world AI success stories

Software

The benefits of AI in enterprise environments are widely recognised. From intelligent reporting to proactive cybersecurity, and from customer insights to automating human-intensive processes, the drivers of success enabled by AI are well-known. However,...

clock 12 October 2022 • 2 min read

More on Hacking

Roku reports cyber breach impacting 576,000 accounts

Roku reports cyber breach impacting 576,000 accounts

Compromised data was used to make unauthorised purchases in fewer than 400 cases

clock 15 April 2024 • 2 min read
Dutch chipmaker Nexperia falls victim to cyberattack

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia falls victim to cyberattack

Hackers posted dozens of confidential documents on dark web

clock 15 April 2024 • 2 min read
 Apple warns users of 'mercenary spyware'

Apple warns users of 'mercenary spyware'

Highly targeted message sent to users in 92 countries

Penny Horwood
clock 11 April 2024 • 1 min read