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Hackers stuck a 2-inch strip of tape on a 35mph speed sign and successfully tricked 2 Teslas into accelerating to 85mph

It turns out all it needs to fool a Tesla’s camera system is a little tape.

Two security researchers managed to trick two Teslas into accelerating well past the speed limit – by fooling their camera systems into misreading a speed sign. We first saw the news via MIT Technology Review.

https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/hackers-stuck-a-2-inch-strip-of-tape-on-a-35mph-speed-sign-and-successfully-tricked-2-teslas-into-accelerating-to-85mph/articleshow/74209495.cms

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