WASHINGTON — A Chinese security team has hacked a Tesla Model S and revealed several vulnerabilities in the luxury electric car, US media reported.CNBC reported on Tuesday that Chinese company Tencent has notified Tesla about the hacks, and that the car company has already put a patch in place to fix the problem.The business news broadcaster said hackers were able to gain access by connecting to a malicious WiFi hotspot and then using the web browser. Keen Security Labs, a unit at Tencent, trumpeted the successful hack in a blog post."It is worth to note that we used an unmodified car with latest firmware to demonstrate the attack," the hackers wrote."Following the global industry practice on ‘responsible disclosure’ of product security vulnerabilities, we have reported the technical details of all the vulnerabilities discovered in the research to Tesla. The vulnerabilities have been confirmed by Tesla Product Security Team."The security snafus are the latest woes for the Tesla’s Mo...
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