The 2016 Pwnie Nominee For Epic Achievement

Patching the Tesla Model S Without a Recall

Credit: Tesla

Marc Rogers and Kevin Mahaffey managed to hack all of Tesla’s model S cars, demo the hack, and get the vendor, Tesla Motors to patch the all the cars – all in time for DEFCON. Marc and Kevin presented on all of this at DEFCON 22, but Tesla wins this nomination for patching all the affected vehicles without requiring a recall.

Patching the Tesla Model S Without a Recall