“The good news for Tesla drivers is that the attack requires physical access — Rogers and Mahaffey had to physically plug into the car’s onboard ethernet port — so it’s unlikely to be exploited at scale. Even when the remote shut down is successfully executed, the result isn’t as dangerous as it might be. When the Model S shuts down at low speeds, the parking brake is automatically engaged; at higher speeds, the car shifts into neutral, allowing the driver to steer it off the road without an abrupt stop.  Tesla has been working quickly to patch the vulnerabilities and has said it’s pushing out a full over-the-air patch to the bug later today, leaving almost no time for the bug to be exploited.”

http://www.theverge.com/2015/8/6/9108059/teslas-vulnerability-model-s-hacked

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