Hackers broke the Tesla cloud on the Amazon Web Service to drop the crypto currency

The company RedLock, which deals with cybersecurity and   studies threats in   sphere of cloud data storage, declares   hacking of the Tesla account on   cloud platform Amazon Web Service.

What happened

Hackers hacked account thanks to Kubernetes from   Google (open source software for automating the deployment, scaling and   application management). Tesla account on   Kubernetes is not   was password protected and   stored all necessary for access to the   Amazon Web Service information.

As it turned out, the hackers were not needed   Tesla data, and   power for the crypto currency. Although, as assured in   RedLock, y   they had access even to   critical company data, such as vehicle telemetry and   patents.

Their cybercriminals hid their IP addresses with   using Cloudflare, and   cloud specifically not used   on   full force so that   attract to   self attention. AND   their   tactics worked: in   RedLock found out about   accidentally, when they investigated the fact of data leakage for access to   AWS.

What now

Now all the gaps "patched", and   at   Tesla reported: the personal data of customers are not   affected, breaches of confidentiality and   protection of cars is not   revealed.

How many managed to hack hackers   - It is not known.

A   RedLock employees received remuneration from   Tesla   - $ 3133.7. Not   be surprised at this " accuracy " of the amount: figure 1337   Is a reference in   hacker jargon leet, which stylized as 1337 and   also means elite.

Source: RedLock